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Newswise — New study led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health finds continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy lowered mortality rates by 37% and specifically lowered the chance of heart-related death by 55%. Interviews are available with senior author, Atul Malhotra, MD, research chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and pulmonologist at UC San Diego Health.

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Sleep Apnea CPAP therapy Public Health Sleep Disorders Sleep Disordered Breathing Pulmonary and Critical Care Sleep Medicine
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