Study shows that surgical weight loss does not eliminate obstructive sleep apnea
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
A study in the 15 August issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA one year after undergoing bariatric surgery...
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