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News: May 28, 2012
Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Cancer Death Risk
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may r...
Codeine After Surgery Could Endanger Certain Kids: Study
WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- Concerns about codeine safety have gained traction in the wake of the postoperative experience of four children who all carried a rare genetic mutation. A new study describes what happened to three of the pa...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea May Be Linked to Depression
FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a link between the common sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea and major depression, a new study suggests. In people with obstructive sleep apnea, soft tissue in the back of the t...
Snoring Tots May Develop Behavioral Issues Later
MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Infants and toddlers who snore or have other breathing issues while sleeping are more likely to develop behavioral problems by the age of 7, new research suggests. Those issues can include hyperactivity and inat...
Sleep Apnea May Be Tied to 'Silent' Strokes, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea, the disorder marked by abnormal pauses in breathing during sleep, is already known to boost the risk of stroke. Now, a new study links sleep apnea to so-called silent strokes, in which there is ti...
Americans Aren't Getting Any Skinnier
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- One in three American adults and one in six American children are obese, new government reports show. That's the bad news. The good news is that over the past 12 years, those rates have remained roughly the same.
Poor Sleep May Complicate Young Diabetics' Blood Sugar Control
TUESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor sleep may be undermining the efforts of children with type 1 diabetes when it comes to controlling their blood sugar, new research indicates. In the study, researchers tracked sleep patterns among 50 kids w...
Thyroid Surgery Linked to Improved Sleep Apnea Symptoms
FRIDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery to remove all or part of an enlarged thyroid gland, known as a thyroidectomy, appears to reduce snoring and other symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, according to a new study. Researchers compared sympt...
Obese Kids May Face Social, Emotional Woes
MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Obese 8- and 9-year-olds are more likely to suffer socially and emotionally than their normal-weight peers, a new study finds. In the study, researchers in Australia checked children's BMI, a measure of height ...
Sleep Apnea Makes Quick Return When Treatment Stops
FRIDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and sleepiness rapidly return when patients stop using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, a new study finds. CPAP is a common treatment for OSA patients, whose bre...
CPAP Therapy Most Effective for Sleep Apnea, Experts Say
MONDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The most effective treatment for the nighttime breathing disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea is the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, according to a new report. A CPAP machine pumps air th...
Exercise Helps Men Battling Diabetes and Sleep Apnea
MONDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Men who have type 2 diabetes in addition to obstructive sleep apnea seem to benefit from a regular exercise regimen, a new study has found. Greater endurance from consistent physical activity can significantly bo...
Kids Who Bully Often Get Poor Sleep
FRIDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor sleep may be a factor in aggressive behavior among kids, according to new research that found that children who bully other kids are more likely to be sleepy during the day. In the study, researchers from th...
Sleep Disorder Linked to Heart Rhythm Problems
FRIDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- People with an implantable cardiac defibrillator and a breathing disorder that occurs during sleep are at greater risk for potentially deadly heart problems during the night, new research suggests. An implantable...
Tonsil Removal Might Cure Bedwetting in Some Kids With Sleep Apnea
MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Half of children with sleep apnea who also wet the bed might stop their bedwetting if their tonsils or adenoids are removed, new research suggests. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is marked by interruptions in brea...
Children May Pack on Pounds After Tonsillectomy
TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Weight gain is common after children have their tonsils removed, an analysis of four decades of research concludes. Researchers from Saint Louis University found that 50 percent of the children in the studies ga...
Drowsiness May Decline After Apnea Surgery
MONDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Daytime sleepiness, a common complaint of people with obstructive sleep apnea, improves greatly after surgery for the disorder, according to a new study. Sleep apnea occurs when the airway becomes partially or c...
Common Sleep Apnea Therapy Relieves Fatigue: Study
MONDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a common therapy helped obstructive sleep apnea patients gain more energy and become less fatigued in just three weeks and the gains appeared to be the result of more than just a placebo effect, a ...
Sleep Apnea May Shrink Brain's Gray Matter: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Obstructive sleep apnea may cause structural defects in the brain's gray matter, resulting in problems with cognitive functions such as attention and memory, a new study suggests. These brain changes are likely ...
Sleep Apnea Mask May Cause Subtle Facial Changes
TUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The breathing masks often prescribed to treat sleep apnea can subtly alter the shape of a patient's face with prolonged use, a new study suggests. The common treatment, called continuous positive airway pressure...
Sleep Apnea Linked to Eyelid Disorder
FRIDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- An eye disorder called floppy eyelid syndrome is strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea, a new study finds. This means that when doctors diagnose one condition in a patient they should also look for th...
Severe Sleep Apnea Has Silver Lining
TUESDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The breathing woes that accompany severe sleep apnea may be counterbalanced by this silver lining: those with the condition report fewer nightmares. "We found that people with significant sleep apnea have much ...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Kids May Have Genetic Cause
TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children with obstructive sleep apnea may someday be able to avoid a tonsillectomy and get an injection or use a throat spray to stop their potentially dangerous snoring, new research suggests. In a report in th...
Brain Damage Seen in People With Severe Sleep Apnea
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- People with severe obstructive sleep apnea have reduced concentrations of gray matter in multiple areas of the brain, new research shows. Gray matter refers to the brain's cerebral cortex, where the majority o...
U.S. Obesity Rates Leveling Off, But Still High
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Some good news in the war on weight: Obesity in the United States may finally be stabilizing instead of increasing, two new studies show. But the rates of obesity remain high, with about one-third of American...
Puberty May Trigger Sleep Apnea in Overweight Kids
TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Among teenagers, being overweight or obese increases the risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but the same does not appear to be true for younger children, Australian researchers have found. In sleep tests conducte...
Urine Sample May Reveal Sleep Disorder in Kids
MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could be developed to detect whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea, U.S. researchers say. Such a test "would alleviate the need for costly and inconvenient sleep studies in children who ...
Ecstasy Users at Higher Risk of Sleep Apnea
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used club drug ecstasy appears to increase the risk of sleep apnea, say U.S. researchers. "People who use ecstasy need to know that this drug damages the brain and can cause immediate and dangerous ...
Sleep Apnea May Cause Nighttime Urination
SUNDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People who wake up during the night to urinate shouldn't automatically blame a urological problem. Sleep apnea, a breathing-related sleep disorder, could be the cause. A new study suggests that nighttime urinati...
Kidney Transplant, Sleep Disorder May Add Up to Trouble
THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Kidney transplant patients with sleep apnea are at increased risk for high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, Hungarian researchers say. The study of 100 kidney transplant recipients found that 25 perce...
Sleep Apnea Episodes May Trigger Irregular Heartbeat
TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research provides the first hard evidence that the characteristic snorting and gasping of sleep apnea can spur potentially fatal heartbeat abnormalities. Previous studies have suggested an association betwe...
When Pounds Go, Sleep Apnea May Improve
MONDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- People with sleep apnea who are also obese may triple the chances of eliminating their sleep problems by losing weight, a new study suggests. Losing about 10 percent of their body weight was enough to bring on ...
Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Giving codeine to children after a tonsillectomy may be deadly, a new report warns. The report, in the Aug. 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, follows the death of an otherwise healthy 2-year-ol...
Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Death, Especially for Men: Report
TUESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The classic manifestations of sleep apnea -- loud snoring, interrupted breathing and sleep disruption -- nearly double the risk for chronic disease and premature death among middle-aged and elderly men, accordi...
Sleep Benefits From Tonsillectomy Peak at 6 Months
TUESDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children who had their tonsils and adenoids removed slept better after having the procedure, but the benefit began to decline six months post-surgery, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of K...
Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries
THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows. White women with hig...
Sleep Disorders Linked to Arrhythmias
TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Older men who have severe sleep-related breathing problems are at increased risk for abnormal heart rhythms, a U.S. study finds. The study included 2,911 men who underwent sleep testing between 2003 and 2005. T...
Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese
MONDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese people undergoing surgery are at greater risk of heart problems, wound infections, prolonged hospital stays and other complications, according to a Scientific Advisory from the American Heart Asso...
Partner's Support Helps Men Adhere to Apnea Treatment
FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Going to bed wearing a continuous positive airway pressure machine may not be a flattering look. But new research shows that men who have a supportive female partner who is willing to work with them to deal with...
Neck Size May Affect Severity of Sleep Apnea
WEDNESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Though obesity is a known major risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea, many non-obese people also have the condition, according to the results of a new study. Among 5,426 non-obese adults (with a body-mass ...
Many Overweight Kids Not Getting a Good Night's Sleep
WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children with chubby bellies are more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing, a condition that's associated with behavioral problems, hyperactivity and difficulty staying awake at school, new research shows...
Among Obese Diabetics, Sleep Apnea May Be Common
FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- People who are obese and have type 2 diabetes often have undiagnosed sleep apnea as well, a new study has found. In fact, of the 306 participants in the study, about 87 percent were found to have sleep apnea but ...
New Options Offered for Sleep Apnea
MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new treatments -- one surgical and the other an appliance that adjusts the jaw -- might help people with sleep apnea, which has proven tough to treat. In sleep apnea, the upper airway becomes blocked, and peo...
Exercising Throat Muscles May Relieve Sleep Apnea
FRIDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Tongue and throat exercises may help people with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) find relief, a new report says. A three-month program helped reduce OSA severity by 40 percent in the test subjects a...
Simpler Sleep Apnea Treatment Seems Effective, Affordable
FRIDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A simpler, less costly method of diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is as effective as the traditional protocol that relies on specialist physicians and sleep studies, according to Australian ...
Anatomy May Help Identify Sleep Apnea
FRIDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- People with the breathing disturbance known as obstructive sleep apnea have soft palates that are more elongated and angled than those of people without the condition, researchers report. The soft palate is the ...
Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep
FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Three conditions often linked to obesity have also been tied independently to sleep apnea, new studies show. Insulin resistance, the progression of liver disease, and living a less-than-active life were all foun...
Sleep Apnea Seems to Wear Down the Brain
THURSDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Repeated surges and drops in blood pressure and blood flow in the brain might make people with sleep apnea more prone to have a stroke and die in their sleep, a new study says. The Yale University School of Me...
Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea
THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening pr...
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