Shows
Breathe EasyThe Impact of Opioids on SleepThis is a panel discussion with experts in sleep, epidemiology, and neurobiology regarding the broad-spanning impact of opioids on sleep and breathing.2023-07-2543 min
Airway and Sleep Group PodcastHigh Cholesterol Raises Risks for People with Sleep ApneaA study published in the Science Translational Medicine suggests that cholesterol, a common culprit in heart disease, plays a special role in raising risk for people with sleep apnea.Dr. Klar Yaggi, a heart and sleep medicine physician at Yale School of Medicine explains why there are other reasons why sleep apnea could be bad for heart health. "Sleep apnea causes these very transient awakenings, most of the time without the patients realizing they are being woken up. Each of those awakenings is like a jolt of adrenaline," Yaggi says. Over time, those episodes can cause clots...2021-05-2802 min