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Obstructive sleep apnea affects millions of Americans. The most common treatment are CPAP machines, but a recent study had surprising findings about the devices' health benefits. Sanja Jelic, MD, critical care medicine specialist and sleep researcher at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, found that--contrary to long-held medical beliefs--the machines do not lower a patient's risk of heart disease, which is about two to three times higher than average.