Infrared Cameras Show Promise as Sleep Apnea Tool

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental infrared camera may be able to detect breathing problems in people with sleep apnea, taking at least some of the discomfort out of diagnosis of this chronic sleeping disorder, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.Diagnosis of sleep apnea -- a breathing interruption that disturbs sleep -- currently involves attaching a network of electrodes to the head, face, chest, abdomen, and even some inside the nose, and then asking people to fall asleep in a sleep lab.

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