Golf Prevents Death

Golf Prevents Death.
Treating their doze apnea improved middle-aged men's golf games, according to a humble new study. "The degree of improvement was most substantial in the better golfers who have done a higher-class job of managing the technical and mechanical aspects of golf," said study paramount author Dr Marc Benton, medical director of SleepWell Centers of New Jersey, in Madison. Researchers looked at 12 men with an common age of 55 who had moderate to keen obstructive sleep apnea.

The sleep disorder is characterized by frequent episodes of disrupted breathing during sleep. Their golf play was assessed before and after up to six months of a sleep apnea curing called continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which helps keep a person's airway kick off by providing a steady stream of air during sleep. The therapy led to less daytime sleepiness and improved sleep-related status of life.

The men also had a significant 11 percent drop in their unexceptional golf handicap index, a formula used to estimate a player's skill level. Among better golfers who had a bar of 12 or less at the start of the study, the average handicap fell by almost 32 percent after CPAP treatment, according to the study, which was published in the Dec 15, 2013 scion of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

The men attributed their improved golf discharge to factors such as improved concentration, lifetime and decision making. "With the cognitive enhancement afforded by successful treatment of their repose apnea, they saw measurable improvement early and more significantly than those who were less skilled," Benton said in a journal newsflash release vimax. The researchers said most avid golfers in the United States are men superannuated 40 to 70, which is a group with a high rate of sleep apnea.