Sleep-Disordered Breathing Tied to Accelerated Aging
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), and the disruption in nightly sleep it causes, speeds up the aging process, according to preliminary research. SDB is a common disorder that results in oxidative stress; and inflammation and is associating with several age-related health disorders. However, it hasn’t been well studied with respect to epigenetic aging. “To our knowledge, this…