Treatment for kids’ sleep apnea shown to improve attention span.
Obstructive sleep apnea in children produces chemical changes in brain areas associated with learning, memory, and executive function, a researcher said here.
Luckily, treatment for the sleep apnea appears to reverse many of those brain changes, Ann Halbower, MD, of Children’s Hospital Sleep Center in Denver, said here at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.
A small study found that the normalization of the brain chemistry resulting from treatment was associated ...
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