Sleep clinician discussing alternatives to CPAP with a patient

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cancer Mortality: The Wisconsin Study

Does sleep-disordered breathing have a connection with cancer mortality? A 2012 analysis of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort reported an association. It is an important research finding, but it does not establish that snoring causes cancer or that reducing snoring prevents cancer deaths. Illustration: discussing sleep symptoms and treatment options. What did the researchers study? Nieto…