Snoring indicates oxygen reduction, but a variety of treatments can restore healthy airflow ...

The women were investigated using full-night polysomnography and a questionnaire. The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was calculated, and women who acknowledged snoring loudly and disturbingly often or ...

Sleep specialists measure severity using the apnea-hypopnea index, which counts breathing disruptions per hour. Disruptions between five to 15 are classified as mild, 15 to 30 as moderate and ...

More information: Vanessa Cavalcante-Silva et al, Homocysteine as a predictor of apnea–hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea: a longitudinal epidemiological study (EPISONO), European ...

Users of MDMA, or 'ecstasy', are more likely to experience sleep apneas (pauses in breathing) and hypopneas (overly shallow or slow breathing) than are nonusers, a new study has found. The results ...

The current gold standard for diagnosing sleep apnea is the apnea-hypopnea index, which involves looking at how many times someone's breathing is interrupted during sleep. But Sathyanarayana ...