apnea
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In addition to reducing blood sugar and spurring weight loss, the medicines are approved for reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and in testing for helping with sleep apnea and dampening addictive behaviors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Their risk of osteoarthritis was 37% lower, chronic kidney disease was 30% lower, obstructive sleep apnea was 69% lower, and heart failure was 32% lower.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Her requests for coverage have been denied, despite a diagnosis of sleep apnea.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
This helps lower the likelihood that the upper airway will collapse during sleep, which is the main cause of obstructive sleep apnea.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 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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