CPAP machines don't prevent heart attacks, strokes in some sleep apnea sufferers and other top stories.

• CPAP machines don't prevent heart attacks, strokes in some sleep apnea sufferers

  

  CPAP machine (iStock) More than 25 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea, a dangerous disorder that causes sufferers to briefly stop breathing while they sleep, sometimes many times each night. The condition, caused by throat muscles that relax and block the airway, has been linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes and Type 2 diabetes. The standard treatment, the continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine, keeps the airway open by pumping a stream of air thro..

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• Roche says US FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for Zika test

  

  ZURICH Swiss drugmaker Roche (ROG.S) said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its test for the Zika virus. "The LightMix Zika test is an easy-to-use molecular diagnostic test that enables healthcare professionals to quickly detect the virus," said Uwe Oberlaender, the head of molecular diagnostics at Basel-based Roche. The virus has been associated with microcephaly, a birth defect characterized by an unusually small head a..

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• ESC: The DANISH Trial Delivers a Shock of Humility

  

  The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2016 Congress started with a shocker. The first trial presented in the first hot-line session will change the way cardiologists think about implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) use in patients with heart failure. The Danish ICD Study in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy[1] (DANISH) delivers two important lessons: the specific one deals with ICD use in patients with heart failure not due to ischemic causes, but another important message rela..

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• Baltimore to Spray for Mosquitoes Amid Zika Concerns

  

  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With an increasing number of homegrown cases of  Zika in Florida, pressure is mounting at the Federal level to prevent the mosquito-borne virus linked to brain related birth defects from spreading. Just this week the Food and Drug Administration began urging all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, starting with 11 states. Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina and Texas are all on the list. “The g..

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• Illegal VMA stream gives Jill Stein an unexpected presidential boost from MTV awards

  

  She's already earned a new internet audience with her eulogy for Harambe (the gorilla that died), but presidential candidate Jill Stein's site might be getting even more visitors tonight. Google ranked Stein's site as the first and second hits for the search terms "VMA livestream," "VMA live free," and "VMA online stream" during the awards show on Sunday night, after a spammer posted a link to an illegal online broadcast of the MTV show on her community page. Spam is the top result for a numbe..

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