A new treatment breakthrough at University of Utah Health is bringing relief to children with Down syndrome and sleep apnea. Families are finding new hope as kids breathe—and sleep—more easily.

Christopher Hartnick, MD, MS, director of the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Mass Eye and Ear, is the senior and corresponding author and Brian Skotko, MD, MPP, the director of the Down ...

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers will take a precision medicine approach to treating obstructive sleep apnea in people with Down syndrome. TUCSON, Ariz. — Obstructive sleep apnea is a ...

The clinical syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) in children is a distinct, yet somewhat overlapping disorder with the condition that occurs in adults, such that the clinical manifestations, ...

For infants with Down syndrome, early detection and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) may result in better neurocognitive outcomes at age 36 months. Waiting until age 3-4 years per ...

Double-headed arrow (between “Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome” and “Obesity”): This indicates a bidirectional relationship between Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and obesity. Intermittent hypoxia ...