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Moderate to severe sleep apnea significantly raises stroke risk.

Posted by: cpapandmore on: April 14, 2008

  
  Moderate to severe cases of OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) significantly increases the risk of suffering a stroke. The study of 1,475 people found that those with moderate to sever sleep apnea at beginning of the study were 3 to 4 times more likely to have a stroke than a comparable group of patients without sleep [...]


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