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European Respiratory JournalOSA is the most common type of sleep apnea, and it causes a person’s breathing to stop and start throughout the night. People with sleep apnea often wake up abruptly, choking or gasping for air, and often have sore throats or dry mouths.
During the study period, 2.8% of women—but only 1.7% of men—developed a serious cancer. Breast cancer was the most common cancer among these women. “Our study did not explicitly explore the causes of different cancers, but cancer may differ between men and women because of factors such as how hormones affect tumor growth; how the different types of cancer that were more prevalent in men and women are affected by low blood oxygen levels; or how gender specific exposure to cigarette smoking may play a role,” Dr. Pataka said.
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