Sleep-disordered breathing may increase risk of cognitive impairment, dementia among older women

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 02:30 in Health & Medicine

Older women with sleep-disordered breathing, as indicated by measures of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), were more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia than women without this disorder, according to a study in the August 10 issue of JAMA.

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