Sleep apnea, which is a sleeping disorder characterized by disrupted breathing throughout the night, can negatively affect memory development, a new study reported. Researchers conducted a small study and found that sleep apnea can make it hard for people to remember easy things, such as where they left their house keys. "We've shown for the first time that sleep apnea, an increasingly common medical condition, might negatively impact formation of certain memories, even when the apnea is limited to REM sleep," study leader Dr. Andrew Varga, a clinical instructor of medicine in the division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said in an university's news release reported by WebMD. "Our findings suggest memory loss might be an additional symptom for clinicians to screen for in their patients with sleep apnea." Read more: http://www.counselheal.com/articles...-apnea-hurts-spatial-memory.htm#ixzz3I1ds3FUC
