October 28, 2025

How climate change could make obstructive sleep apnea more widespread

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A new study published in Nature Communications found that warmer temperatures caused participants to have a 45% higher probability of having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on a given night. “Overall, we were surprised by the magnitude of the association between ambient temperature and OSA severity,” said lead author Bastien Lechat at Flinders University Health and Medical Research Institute in Australia.