Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ia2-rZBk8yo   Sleep quality impaired by breathing disruptions accelerates the aging process.  So said sleep scientists from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital earlier this summer at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting.    A group of 622 adults underwent sleep analysis via polysomnography and quantitative aging determination by epigenetic DNA methylation.  Each standard deviation increase in apnea ages you 215 days. Each standard deviation increase in sleep disruption ages you 321 days.  Women were more susceptible than men.   Poor sleep quality negatively impacts every body organ leading to a shortened life.  This study puts it on a disease severity on par with diabetes.   https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/914374   #Apnea #aging #sleepdisorderedbreathing