A neuroimaging study is the first to show that white matter damage caused by severe obstructive sleep apnea can be reversed by continuous positive airway pressure therapy. The results underscore the importance of the 'Stop the Snore' campaign of the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project, a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research Society and other partners.
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Editor's note: I have been surprised to notice how many of the clients I see with depression, anxiety, anger problems also have sleep apnea. The problem is the old chicken and the egg which comes first? One of the symptoms of depression is sleep disturbance and one of the symptoms of sleep deprivation is depression. I have become much more alert to assessing the quality of my client's sleep as we investigate contributing factors to their depression.
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