Sleep Apnea Side Effects

Sleep apnea can cause other medical conditions, like heart disease, depression, and possibly even obesity. These articles discuss the possible side effects of sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea and Depresssion, Part 1

by Carmen M Schröder and Ruth O’Hara Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine Annals of General Psychiatry 2005, 4:13doi:10.1186/1744-859X-4-13 © 2005 Schröder and O’Hara; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Keywords: sleep apnea, OSA, sleep disordered breathing, mood, affective disorders Abstract For over two decades clinical studies have been conducted which suggest [...]

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Sleep Apnea and Depression, Part 2 – Correlation Studies

This guest article considers the scholarly studies that find correlations between sleep apnea and depression. This is the second page of this report.  Sleep Apnea and Depression, Part 1, begins here. Correlation studies of OSA and depression The majority of studies to date report an association between depression and OSA, but methodological considerations render the [...]

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Sleep Apnea and Depression, Part 3 – Screening Depressed Patients for OSA

This guest article discusses the need for screening of depressed patients for sleep apnea. This is the third page of this report.  Sleep Apnea and Depression, Part 1, begins here. Compared to the large number of studies investigating depressive symptomatology in OSA patients, far fewer studies have focused on the screening for OSA in a [...]

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Sleep Apnea and Depression, Part 4 – Shared Risk Factors

This guest article considers the shared risk factors of sleep apnea and depression. This is the fourth page of this report.  Sleep Apnea and Depression, Part 1, begins here. Sleep Apnea and Depression – Shared risk factors OSA and depression share common risk factors, which may partly explain their high comorbidity in the general population. [...]

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Dangers of Sleep Apnea – Can Sleep Apnea Cause Death?

The dangers of sleep apnea are real. In fact. sleep apnea can be a dangerous –sometimes deadly — disorder, if not properly treated. The most frightening dangers of sleep apnea: Although rare, sleep apnea can cause an enlarged heart, stroke, and possibly death. How can sleep apnea cause death? Death can result directly from apneic [...]

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