Media Highlights from Dr. Lorna Thorpe’s Sleep Apnea and Long-COVID Study
National Institutes of Health – May 11
-Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH, professor, Department of Population Health
This article was picked up by news websites across the country.
HealthDay – May 12
-Hannah Mandel, senior data scientist, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health
Long COVID Risk Higher in People with Sleep Apnea
Reuters Health Rounds – May 11
-Hannah Mandel, senior data scientist, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health
*Link is unavailable. Please see full test at end of report.
The Clinical Services Journal – May 12
-Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH, professor, Department of Population Health
HCPLive – May 11
-Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH, professor, Department of Population Health
News from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health
This article was picked up by news websites across the country.
NBC News – May 11
-Avrom S. Caplan, MD, assistant professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
TODAY – May 11
-Avrom S. Caplan, MD, assistant professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
This article was picked up by news websites across the country.
HealthDay – May 11Ìý
-Avrom S. Caplan, MD, assistant professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
-Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
NY1 Spectrum News – May 11
-Stella S. Yi, MPH, PhD, associate professor, Department of Population Health
Imaging Technology News – May 11
-Linda Moy, MD, professor, Department of Radiology, Perlmutter Cancer Center
Next Avenue – May 11Ìý
-Marc N. Gourevitch, MD, MPH, the Muriel G. and George W. Singer Professor of Population Health, chair, Department of Population Health, professor, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry
Health – May 11
-Thea Gallagher, PsyD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry
Verywell Health – May 11
-Purvi S. Parikh, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
TODAY – May 11Ìý
-Natalie E. Azar, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
This article was picked up by news websites across the country.
Fox News – May 11
-Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
News from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Hospital—Long Island
NY1 Spectrum News – May 11
-Francis Arena, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Arena Oncology
News from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Hospital—Brooklyn
This story was picked up by news websites across the country.
HuffPost – May 12
-Richard W. Schutzer, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Surgery, chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Hospital–Brooklyn
News 12 – May 11
-ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Hospital–Brooklyn
*Reuters Health Rounds, May 11, 2023 – Long COVID Risk Higher in People with Sleep Apnea - Obstructive sleep apnea may significantly increase the risk of long COVID in adults, according to a new study. Researchers reviewed information from two National Institutes of Health databases on more than 2 million U.S. adults who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus between March 2020 and February 2022.
Ìý
In one database tracking 1.7 million people with a high rate of chronic health problems, those with sleep apnea had a 75% higher risk for long COVID - with symptoms such as brain fog and fatigue that can last for months after initial infection - than people without the breathing problem, researchers reported on Thursday in Sleep. In a smaller database, with roughly 300,000 adults, those with sleep apnea had a 12% higher risk for long COVID.
Ìý
The increased long COVID risk in people with sleep apnea persisted, but wasn't as high, after researchers accounted for other factors known to increase the risk for lingering symptoms, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and hospitalization at the time of their initial COVID infection. In obstructive sleep apnea, the airway intermittently closes during sleep and breathing stops. In North America, approximately 34% of men and 17% of women are affected, according to a 2019 report in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Ìý
"People with sleep apnea who get infected with COVID should seek early treatment, pay attention to their symptoms, and keep up with their vaccinations to lower the risk of infection in the first place," study leader Hannah Mandel of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health in New York said in a statement.Ìý
Ìý
