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Researchers are exploring the option of treating sleep apnea with medications used to treat epilepsy. These medications help to overactive nerve in the brain. According to researchers, the muscles and breathing patterns used during sleep can also be stabilized by this action. Because the airways close or the brain fails to signal proper breathing, breathing stops and starts repeatedly in sleep apnea. Epilepsy drugs can reduce these disturbances by improving brain-breathing mu

With 4% of the French population suffering from Sleep Apnea, American researchers believe a treatment could reduce symptoms. It's a...