ApneaTreatmentGuide.com http://apneatreatmentguide.com Cure Your Sleep Apnea...Without CPAP! Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New sleep apnea treatment site http://apneatreatmentguide.com/blog/new-sleep-apnea-treatment-site/ http://apneatreatmentguide.com/blog/new-sleep-apnea-treatment-site/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:14:25 +0000 Marc http://apneatreatmentguide.com/?p=905
A new sleep apnea treatment site just came on the scene: check out Sleep Apnea Treatment Guide for lots of info on sleep apnea, snoring, and other sleep-related problems.

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This is a pretty shocking piece of research: scientists at the Mayo Clinic have concluded that obstructive sleep apnea is one of two highest risk factors for sudden cardiac death (SCD) – the other risk factor being age (being 60 years of age or older).

According to the researchers, OSA is implicated in sudden cardiac death because “low oxygen alters the blood vessels in a way that promotes heart disease”.

The study was carried out on nearly 11,000 people over a period of 15 years.

I’ve been trying to find a link to the complete study, but haven’t managed to find anything. You can take a look at the press release for the study here:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2008-rst/5074.html

And here’s a quick YouTube video where Dr. Virend Somers discusses the link between OSA and heart attacks:

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