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Sleep apnea
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Sleep apnea linked to about 2 more brain cancer cases per 1,000 people over 15 years
Aarhus University researchers compared 114,264 people with sleep apnea in Danish registries to the general population and to people with overweight or obesity. Only brain and spinal cord cancer stood out, and both stayed uncommon.
Sep 14, 2026
Two kinds of sleep apnea that look alike in heart failure split apart once breathing control was measured
Which type of apnea a heart failure patient has decides their treatment, and the two are currently told apart by eye. Measuring 122 patients found the physiology underneath differs sharply.
Sep 8, 2026
Having insomnia alongside sleep apnea tracked 34% more dementia over five years
Sleep apnea and insomnia are treated as separate problems by separate clinics, and a great many people have both. Comparing 51,043 matched pairs, the ones carrying both diagnoses developed more dementia than those with apnea alone.
Sep 2, 2026
Belly fat and sleep apnea each predicted the other over nine years, but only under 55
A Thorax analysis of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort followed adults for a median nine years. Visceral obesity at baseline carried seven times the odds of developing sleep apnea, and sleep apnea predicted new visceral obesity in return.
Aug 28, 2026