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- worldwide and may raise the risk for several neurological conditions, including Alzheimer’s.
- Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have found that sleep apnea severity during the REM stage of sleep negatively impacts verbal memory.
- The negative impact is especially high in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s, the researchers report.
Researchers estimate about 936 million adults globally live with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)— a condition where a person has interruptions, or pauses, in breathing when sleeping, causing disrupted sleep.
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