Treat Sleep Apnea For Brain Health

Name: Treat Sleep Apnea For Brain Health
Uploaded: 2024-11-15T13:00:09+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Single-speaker YouTube health advisory (Dr. Charles Mok) recommending home sleep testing for possible sleep apnea to protect brain health. The speaker…

15 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Single-speaker YouTube health advisory (Dr. Charles Mok) recommending home sleep testing for possible sleep apnea to protect brain health. The speaker claims sleep apnea increases Alzheimer’s risk about threefold and may bring onset ~10 years earlier, gives prevalence estimates (~60% of men >50; ~30% of women >50), recommends WatchPAT home testing (pulse amplitude technology) and cites costs ($106 device cost; ~$200 online package with doctor visit; sleep-lab testing ~a couple thousand dollars), and notes insurance may cover testing.

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About threefold.

About 10 years sooner.

About 60%.

About 30%.

$106 (their cost).

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If your brain age is in the 50% or below, the first thing to do is get a sleep study. Get a home sleep study. I use the Watch Pat W a T C H like Watch Pat P a T pulse amplitude technology. If you have sleep apnea, your risk of Alzheimer's goes up about threefold and it comes on about 10 years sooner. You can treat that and obviously reduce the risk of Alzheimer's. Reduce the risk of sooner Alzheimer's sleep apnea present at probably about 60% of men over 50 and probably 30% of women over 50. So don't assume you don't have it. Just get tested. Watchpad test is relatively cheap. We sell them for $106. That's our cost. You can go online. If you're not in Michigan or a state that we practice in, you can go online. You usually get the doctor's visit and the watch pad around $200 or so. Or you can go to your doctor and get one ordered where you go into a sleep lab. That's probably a couple thousand dollars. Your insurance may cover it.