New Study: Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Cognitive Impairment/Alzheimer's

"Better sleep is beneficial to the brain and can improve cognitive skills. Yet in our study, we found that over half of the people with cognitive impairment had obstructive sleep apnea," said study author Mark I. Boulos, M.D., of the University of Toronto in Canada and member of the American Academy of Neurology. "We also found that those with the sleep disorder had lower scores on thinking and memory tests. Fully understanding how obstructive sleep apnea affects this population is important because with treatment, there is potential to improve thinking and memory skills as well as overall quality of life."

Full article: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases ... 021821.php

cyberdreamer wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:41 pm

So many diseases linked to sleep apnea (e.g. GERD)

cyberdreamer wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:41 pm

Seems like the medical community should allocate more resources towards research and education on sleep disordered breathing.