• Piggy Bank showing cost savings from treatment of sleep apnea
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    Sleep Apnea Treatment Linked with Lower Health Care Costs

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    Treating patients with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is associated with reduced acute care visits and health care expenditures, according to a recent study.

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    Sleep-Disordered Breathing Tied to Accelerated Aging

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    SAN ANTONIO — Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), and the disruption in nightly sleep it causes, speeds up the aging process, according to preliminary research.