Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Preventing Heart Attacks And Strokes

Researchers in Brazil have found that treating patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) dramatically reduces early indications of atherosclerosis in just months, linking OSA directly to the hardening or narrowing of the arteries. Until now, no study has demonstrated such a direct relationship between the two. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Respiratory on October 5th, 2007