apnea
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Obstructive sleep apnea causes repeated pauses in breathing throughout the night.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Both types of mice were exposed either to normal sleeping conditions with room air or to conditions designed to mimic sleep apnea.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Lilly also revealed that its next-generation obesity drug retatrutide showed meaningful improvements in knee osteoarthritis pain and sleep apnea as well as substantial weight loss, in Phase 3 trials.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It also improved sleep apnea and knee pain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Berkner suggests that there may have been cycles of oxygen production and carbon dioxide consumption, depending on relative abundances of plant and animal life, with the ice ages representing periods of apnea.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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