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Sleep apnea
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In sleep apnea, waist beat BMI at predicting heart events
Among 2,662 people in the SAVE trial with sleep apnea and existing heart disease, 32% counted as obese by BMI. By waist-to-height ratio, 96% did. Only the waist measure tracked repeat cardiovascular events.
Aug 16, 2026
Morning people had more heart attacks, not fewer
In 4,578 adults from the Sleep Heart Health Study followed for a decade, both morning and evening types had higher rates of heart attack than the people in between. The pattern sat almost entirely in those with sleep apnea.
Aug 14, 2026
Unsteady breathing in sleep tracked death risk
Across 43,611 overnight sleep studies, researchers writing in the journal SLEEP tested a measure of how steadily people breathe at night and found it tracked death risk in two hospital cohorts, though not in the community one.
Aug 3, 2026
Tonsil surgery helped snoring children, but not predictably
A SLEEP analysis of 363 children in a randomized trial found 65% improved after early tonsil surgery versus 39% who waited, yet almost nothing measured beforehand predicted who would benefit.
Jul 26, 2026