😴 Understanding Sleep Apnea Signs Symptoms amp Treatments

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Susan Redline, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Director of the Sleep Disorders Service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that is caused when the throat collapses, disrupting oxygen levels to the brain. The mainstay of sleep apnea treatment is continuous positive airway pressure, a simple treatment where air is delivered to the throat and nose under positive pressure to prevent the throat from collapsing. • Sleep apnea can affect children, middle-aged individuals and elderly people, men and women. The group of adults who appear to be at greatest risk are often middle-aged older men and individuals who are overweight. • Over the last 10 years, there's been a tremendous amount of research that links sleep apnea and a number of health outcomes. Research findings demonstrate that sleep apnea is associated with a marked increased risk of stroke, heart failure, coronary artery disease and diabetes. • Sleep researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are studying everything from the genetics of sleep apnea, through comparative effectiveness work that looks at alternative treatments and their effect on sleep apnea, to population studies looking at what subgroups seem to be most susceptible to sleep apnea. • MyApnea.Org, led by Dr. Redline, is a new research initiative that aims to create partnerships among patients with sleep apnea, clinicians, and researchers. MyApnea.org/ is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Learn more at: https://www.myapnea.org/ • Learn more about treatment for sleep disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital: • https://www.brighamandwomens.org/medi... • Read the Understanding Sleep Apnea video transcript at: • https://www.brighamandwomens.org/medi...

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