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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea, weight-loss surgery was linked to reduced risk for heart ...

A metric for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that accounts for oxygen desaturation along with frequency of obstruction correlated with hard outcomes among patients undergoing major noncardiothoracic ...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, an accreditor of more than 6,700 ambulatory sites nationwide, has updated its recommendations for treating surgical patients with obesity and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­­— Individuals diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, which causes the upper airway to become blocked during sleep, often rely on a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that bariatric surgery performed in patients with obesity and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with a significantly lower risk of death and major ...

Dear Dr. Roach • My son, who is 30 years old, was recently diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea and currently uses a CPAP machine. He does not want to use this for the rest of his life, ...

Nearly 30 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—and many don't even know it. If you've been waking up ...

Significantly lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, all-cause mortality seen in metabolic surgery group. (HealthDay News) — Metabolic surgery is associated with significantly lower risk ...

Bariatric surgery, also called weight-loss or metabolic surgery, was associated with a 42% lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including heart failure, heart attack, stroke, and ...