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2. Colin Sullivan (physician) - Wikipedia

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   Colin Sullivan AO FAA is an Australian physician, professor, [1] and inventor known for his invention of the nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for the treatment of sleep apnea. Sullivan began studying sleep apnea in the late 1970s. In 1981 he published a design for the first CPAP machine in The Lancet. He helped make CPAP ...

3. Sleep medicine - Wikipedia

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   Competence in sleep medicine requires an understanding of a plethora of very diverse disorders, many of which present with similar symptoms such as excessive daytime sleepiness, which, in the absence of volitional sleep deprivation, "is almost inevitably caused by an identifiable and treatable sleep disorder," such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin syndrome ...

4. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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   The condition, also called treatment-emergent central apnea, is generally detected when obstructive sleep apnea is treated with CPAP and central sleep apnea emerges. [18] The exact mechanism of the loss of central respiratory drive during sleep in OSA is unknown but is most likely related to incorrect settings of the CPAP treatment and other ...

5. 5 Health Conditions That May Increase Your Risk for ... - AOL

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   Untreated sleep apnea can cause significant drops in oxygen levels, which are crucial for brain health, says Hutz. ... schedule an appointment with your doctor, who may recommend a sleep study ...

6. We Asked 4 Dentists About OTC Night Guards, and They ... - AOL

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   “Sleep apnea is a medical condition and should be diagnosed with a sleep doctor,” says Kami Hoss, D.D.S., M.S., an orthodontist in Chula Vista, CA and author of If Your Mouth Could Talk. The ...

7. Common sleep medication may prevent brain from clearing 'waste'

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   Although doctors recommend that adults over the age of 18 get at least ... such as insomnia and sleep apnea. ... the glymphatic system is only on during the deep part of sleep called non-REM sleep.