justinator
10 hours ago
>also lost an average of 12.5% of their body weight.
As far as I can tell, that's what's actually reducing the sleep apnea. The sleep apnea was caused by the participants starting out as obese,
>participants needed a body mass index (BMI) of at least 27
catchnear4321
10 hours ago
Yes. As stated in the article.
>One way to overcome this discomfort while still addressing the concern was to change the treatment approach. What if we treated modifiable factors of sleep apnea, such as excess body weight, rather than just the symptoms?
FacelessJim
6 hours ago
Stated in the article with the title that clearly seems to suggest that it’s thanks to the drug itself.
Weight-loss drugs just seem to be the panacea for everything. But that’s because they treat the same underlaying issue. Being fat. But they’re sold as if all these issues were not related to each other.