Although sleep apnea is generally associated with overweight men, a study found Asians have a higher incidence rate of severe apnea than whites
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motor vehicle accidents
Nov
17
2010
Asians have higher severe apnea rate than whites
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Commercial truck accidentrs are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes.
A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven testing strategies identify commercial truck drivers with a high likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea and suggests that mandating obstructive sleep apnea screenings could reduce the risk of truck crashes.
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Feb
15
2008
Sleep apnea doubles auto accident risk
People who have sleep apnea, a potentially fatal sleep-breathing disorder which causes tissue in the airway to collapse and halt breathing for at least 10 seconds, and up to 90 seconds or longer during sleep, are at double the risk of being in an auto accident, a study recently released by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and University of British Columbia respirologists finds.
Published online in the journal Thorax, the study also found that patients with sleep apnea are three to five times more likely to be in a serious auto accident involving personal injury.
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Ever have one of those days when it’s the middle of day and you just can’t stay awake? If it happens frequently, it may be an indicator of obstructed nasal passages and sleep-disordered breathing, according to a study published in the October 2007 edition of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
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On July 9, 2007 Nancy Grace, the former prosecutor-turned-talk-show-host, made a large error that has cause an uproar in the patient sector of the sleep community. The professional sector, primarily sleep physicians and many sleep-related organizations, have remained silent.
Grace’s show was about the 2006 death of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Mike Durham, saying, in her words, that sleep apnea is basically snoring, and you know, not breathing for a few seconds periodically through the night. You don`t die of sleep apnea. That is complete BS.
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Feb
23
2005
How to improve your sleep and daytime alertness
Humans spend about a third of our lives sleeping. Over the course of an average 70–year lifespan, that equates to about 205,000 hours.Sleep is vital in everyone’s life.
Why is it so important? Our health, happiness, and ability to succeed in life are strongly dependent on how well we meet the body’s need for rest and quality sleep. Sleep is a naturally occurring period in every 24-hour period of a human’s life, in fact. It’s during the sleep phase of our daily cycle that the body repairs itself, tests its systems, consolidates memory, purges itself of waste, and stockpiles energy for the day ahead.
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