Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea, weight-loss surgery was linked to reduced risk for heart ...

Sleep apnea is a serious condition, causing breathing to stop and start several times during sleep. The most common form of the condition is obstructive sleep apnea, where the throat narrows, blocking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity, weight-loss surgery conferred lower risk for major adverse ...

Surgery was more effective than medical management for patients with nasal obstruction associated with septal deviation, the multicenter NAIROS trial found. Patient-reported Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 ...

Bariatric surgery, also called weight-loss or metabolic surgery, was associated with a 42% lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including heart failure, heart attack, stroke, and ...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, an accreditor of more than 6,700 ambulatory sites nationwide, has updated its recommendations for treating surgical patients with obesity and ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who undergo major surgery are more likely to die in the year after surgery and incur higher health care costs than similar patients without ...

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