Sleep Apnea
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8 statements about Sleep Apnea, every show
Franceschetti: Eight Sleep data detects diabetes risk and pursues sleep apnea certification
“We start seeing the likelihood you develop diabetes in our data, hypertension. We are becoming a medical device for sleep apnea.”
Lyon: Neck Circumferences Over 17.5 Inches Strongly Indicate Sleep Apnea
“If you have bigger than a 17 and a half inch neck, you probably have sleep apnea.”
Lyon: Poor Sleep and Sleep Apnea Are Risk Factors for Alzheimer's
“So when I was a fellow, so I did my fellowship in geriatrics and nutritional sciences at Wash U, and one of the risk factors for Alzheimer's was very poor sleep over time. And sleep apnea.”
Friedberg: GLP-1 agonists show health benefits beyond weight loss
“And like, the effects in some of the recent studies on the GLP-I agonists is it's not just weight loss, but there's like anti-inflammatory effects. They had good phase two on Alzheimer's. There's kidney disease. Hypertension. And crazy enough, they've got an i…”
Wilkinson: 80% to 90% of sleep apnea sufferers are undiagnosed
“In fact, 80 to 90% of people who have sleep apnea are undiagnosed.”
Dr. Lagos: HRV and sleep quality share a bidirectional physiological relationship
“Certainly HRV, high HRV is associated with better sleep. Low HRV is associated with conditions like insomnia and sleep apnea. Non-restorative sleep will negatively impact HRV, so there is this circular effect”
Ballinger: Doctors cannot diagnose sleep apnea from Fitbit data alone
“No doctor right now can read your Fitbit data and tell you whether you have a condition like sleep apnea.”