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Article: Fitful sleep, failing health: new guidelines, recent studies show sleep apnea raises your risk of heart attack and stroke, but effective treatments can help you live a better waking life.
- Article from:
- Men's Health Advisor
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Your snoring keeps everyone awake at night, and your bed partner notices you're gasping for air in your sleep. And, no matter what time you get up in the morning, you feel sleepy all day.
Sound familiar? You may have sleep apnea, a disorder that prevents millions of Americans from enjoying a restful night's sleep. But mounting evidence suggests that sleep apnea does more than keep you up at night. It may raise your risk of heart attack and stroke.
In a study published in the April issue of the journal Hypertension, researchers found that people ages 32 to 59 who slept five hours or less each night were twice as likely to have high blood pressure as those ...