Surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids in children suffering from sleep apnea is associated with decreased asthma severity, according to the first large study of the connection, which was ...

Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder wherein breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. The most common type is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which happens when the muscles in the throat ...

Loud snoring is often treated as a bedroom annoyance, but for millions of people it is a symptom of something the body ...

Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, appears to improve glycemic control in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and type 2 diabetes that is not well controlled, according to research ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Obstructive sleep apnea may worsen diabetes, researchers at the University of Chicago say. Lead author Dr. Renee Aronsohn says the study demonstrates a clear, graded, inverse ...

COVID-19 can leave behind fatigue, breathing difficulties and neurological symptoms that persist long after the initial infection. Because these effects can also disturb sleep, researchers have ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Patients with type 2 diabetes should undergo screening for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and polysomnography if evidence of OSA is found. This study shows that patients with ...

A new study reports that newborns of obese pregnant women suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit than those born to obese mothers ...

Children who had their tonsils and adenoids removed for obstructive sleep apnea also had dramatic reductions in acute asthma exacerbations, acute status asthmaticus, asthma-related hospitalizations ...