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Article: Snoring Affects Economy: Estimated That Sleep Apnea Costs US Economy Over $88 Billion in Lost Productivity, Healthcare Costs.
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- June 8, 2006
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PHILADELPHIA, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent survey of 5,600 snoring patients, many suffered from depression, anxiety and reported having family issues directly related to their snoring.
"We know that patients who suffer from severe snoring and sleep apnea have an increased level of morbidity and mortality," according to Dr. Mansoor Madani, Chairman of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Capital Health System in Trenton, New Jersey and associate professor of oral surgery at Temple University in Philadelphia. See http://www.snorenet.com/.
"We focused our study on the impact of snoring and sleep apnea in three levels of the patient's daily life: ...
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