Sleep apnea is a significant health risk that impairs blood flow and brain cleaning during sleep, potentially leading to heart attacks. — Whalespan
Sleep apnea is a significant health risk that impairs blood flow and brain cleaning during sleep, potentially leading to heart attacks.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“and you know sleep apnnea is one of the biggest health risks. It you know people not just heart attacks during sleep but I mean you're basically clogging all the the blood flow and cleaning out of your brain that happens during sleep.”