Chronic Stress Test
Published on July 31, 2015 Avram R. Gold, MD, links sleep-disordered breathing to functional somatic syndromes and anxiety disorders via an out of the box paradigm. The iconoclast posits a connection via hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation, a theory that moves away from commonly held beliefs. By Cassandra Perez | Photography by Christopher Appoldt As Avram R. Gold, MD, sees it, the link between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and functional somatic syndromes (FSS) and anxiety disorders is evident from recent sleep literature. But the medical director at Stony Brook University (SBU) Sleep Disorders Center does not buy into the commonly held belief …
Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing On The Rise.
June 1, 2016 A study estimates SDB prevalence rates that are substantially higher than rates 2 decades ago, in part due to rising obesity. BY PETER BLAIS, RPSGT Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is very common—especially in middle-aged and older adults—and is associated with a wide range of negative outcomes. These outcomes include cardiovascular disease, depressed mood, cognitive deficits, accidents, and injury (among others), according to one of the authors of a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. “Over the last two decades, SDB has become increasingly prevalent, to the point that clinicians that see several adult patients daily …
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