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Heart Failure Depression Linked to Oral Health and Microbiome Dysbiosis

by GLOOM

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A 2026 analysis linked emotional disorders in heart failure to poorer cardiovascular health, oral-health burden, and oral microbiome dysbiosis, but the strongest mediation signal came from oral health rather than systemic immune-inflammation index.1 In fully adjusted NHANES models, emotional disorders were associated with lower Life’s Essential 8 cardiovascular health, OR 0.39, while self-rated oral health …

Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors: Occult Sleep Apnea and Fatigue

by GLOOM

A 2026 study of Hodgkin lymphoma survivors treated with mantle radiation found obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in 36 of 42 people who eventually underwent sleep testing. The practical screening target is a younger, non-obese, positional, hypopnea-heavy post-radiation OSA phenotype that standard risk heuristics can miss.1 Research Highlights Sleep symptoms identified a fatigued subgroup: 45 of …