Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This study evaluated motor vehicle accident incidence rates based on CPAP, sleep surgery or no treatment. Of the ...

Untreated sleep apnea contributes to car crashesPatients who got no treatment were 21% more likely to be in a wreck than those who got surgeryThe surgery group also proved safer than people using a ...

A multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline, “Polysomnography for Sleep-Disordered Breathing Prior to Tonsillectomy in Children,” will be published as a supplement to the July issue of ...

James Southwick was 26 years old the first time he recalls someone suggesting he had sleep apnea — a common and potentially life-threatening condition where a person's breathing is interrupted on and ...

Sleepiness at the wheel is a significant contributing factor to motor vehicle accidents. A new analysis published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals that for people with sleep apnea, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­— Eighteen-year-old Rayshawn (Ray) Barrett hadn’t slept soundly in years. His obstructive sleep apnea was so pronounced that he was regularly falling asleep in class, his grades were ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity, weight-loss surgery conferred lower risk for major adverse ...

For people who snore, a diagnosis of sleep apnea can be a big relief. The condition, which causes people to stop breathing repeatedly while sleeping, is linked to a higher risk of stroke, heart ...

Weight loss achieved through bariatric surgery lowered the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) by 42% and all-cause mortality by 37% in people who were obese and had moderate-to-severe ...