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More scary research on APNEA

Post by rkuntz » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:22 pm

see 10.5664/jcsm.3600

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by SleepyToo2 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:39 pm

If that is supposed to be a link, you need to provide a little more info, please...

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by Bill44133 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:47 pm

SleepyToo2 wrote:If that is supposed to be a link, you need to provide a little more info, please...
I think this must be what he is referring us to:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 154456.htm

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by Goofproof » Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:19 pm

Is what they are trying to tell us, not breathing while we sleep is hard on our health, that's scary.
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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by kteague » Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:36 pm

Maybe I missed it, but I'm wondering if these stats were derived from people diagnosed but untreated, or with therapeutic treatment?

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by Bill44133 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:16 pm

kteague wrote:Maybe I missed it, but I'm wondering if these stats were derived from people diagnosed but untreated, or with therapeutic treatment?
that is what I was wondering..

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by jaye8898 » Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:24 am

kteague wrote:Maybe I missed it, but I'm wondering if these stats were derived from people diagnosed but untreated, or with therapeutic treatment?
Me too! That's kind of an odd thing to leave out in the summary.

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by rkuntz » Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:17 am

My bad.
<10.5664/jcsm.3600> is the direct link to the publication that is embedded in the Science Daily article and works from there only.

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by SleepWrangler » Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:59 am

rkuntz wrote:My bad.
<10.5664/jcsm.3600> is the direct link to the publication that is embedded in the Science Daily article and works from there only.
I believe this is the direct link: http://www.aasmnet.org/jcsm/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29425

I don't think this is scary but instead provides answers as to why some families seem to suffer tragically from higher stroke, and cancer incidence. This is good news because it may lead to earlier and better detection of apnea.

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by Sludge » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:41 am

SleepWrangler wrote:
rkuntz wrote:My bad.
<10.5664/jcsm.3600> is the direct link to the publication that is embedded in the Science Daily article and works from there only.
I believe this is the direct link: http://www.aasmnet.org/jcsm/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29425

I don't think this is scary but instead provides answers as to why some families seem to suffer tragically from higher stroke, and cancer incidence. This is good news because it may lead to earlier and better detection of apnea.
Or, alternatively, avoid living in Western Australia.

"IMHO", the higher incidence of strokes is related to the increased intracranial pressure from being upside-down all the time.
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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by SleepyToo2 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:07 am

Idiot

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by WindyCityEsq » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:43 am

kteague wrote:Maybe I missed it, but I'm wondering if these stats were derived from people diagnosed but untreated, or with therapeutic treatment?
Instead of us all sitting around and wondering... I emailed the author directly and asked him. I'll follow up w/his answer if he responds.

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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:00 am

As children in the northern hemisphere at some point fantasize that people in Australia and China live upside-down,
children in those areas may at some time wonder if we are the ones who are upside-down.
Adults are rarely confused to this degree, and it may be a sign of extreme psychosis.
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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by Goofproof » Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:47 am

chunkyfrog wrote:As children in the northern hemisphere at some point fantasize that people in Australia and China live upside-down,
children in those areas may at some time wonder if we are the ones who are upside-down.
Adults are rarely confused to this degree, and it may be a sign of extreme psychosis.
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Re: More scary research on APNEA

Post by WindyCityEsq » Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:42 pm

I received an email from the author of this article. Here is what he writes: (copy/paste job)

Hi Christina



These are people who lived in the Western Australian town of Busselton in 1990. So they weren’t in the study because they had already been diagnosed with OSA. So the cohort is made up of people who both did and did not have OSA. The people who tested positive to OSA were sent a letter once the sleep studies were scored telling them that they had OSA and should probably get treatment for their condition. Our third author Dr Cullen even set up a sleep clinic service in Bunbury (the town next door) to help people get treated. But none of the participants ever presented to him. So we think that the people with moderate-sever OSA in this study had probably not ever been treated with CPAP.



I hope that answered your questions?



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