Radiography used to identify teens with sleep apnea
...assified 80% of apneic and 78% of non-apneic adult snorers into high- and low-Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) groups. (Sleep apnea is a temporary suspension of breathing during sleep, with potentially serious consequences.) Researchers at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) wondered whether s...Assessing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in snorers
...ght sleep test is required to distinguish ordinary snorers from persons with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), according to a study in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Snoring is one of the main symptoms of OSAS, but while 30 to 5...News briefs from the journal Chest, January 2005
... are more likely to have irregular heartbeats than snorers and nonsnorers, according to a new study. In a study of 21 patients with OSAHS, 12 people who snore and 15 control subjects, researchers from Madrid, Spain, found that patients with OSAHS more frequently had irregular heartbeats (cardiac arrhythmias...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (second issue)
... (VEGF) concentrations than did either age-similar snorers or young healthy control subjects. VEGF is a key mediator of angiogenesis (theformation of new blood vessels). Angiogenesis is a prominent physiologic adaptive response of a tissue to hypoxia (inadequate amounts of oxygen available in the blood). ...Link found between kids sleep, behavior problems
...s strongest in boys under 8 years of age; habitual snorers in this group were more than three times more like...he hyperactivity index. But 22 percent of habitual snorers had high hyperactivity scores, compared with only 12 percent of those whose parents said they did no...New nasal obstruction procedure offers cheaper, pain-free alternative to surgery
...edure increasinglypopular with those who live with snorers - is not covered by medical insurance.While costs vary around the country, the first treatment at UNC is $1,400,Yarbrough said. Subsequent treatments are $500, and the average number oftreatments for his patients has been two. "We say a patient is cu...