The best part of your day begins at night.
Daytime sleepiness and fatigue is associated with significant levels of sleep disturbance. Find out how.
Many sleep studies can now be done in the comfort of your own home.
Take a simple sleep questionnaire to see if sleep apnea could be affecting you.
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing, or instances of abnormally low breathing, during sleep. Each "apnea" can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur several times an hour.
It's A Fact
You have a 50% chance of having Obstructive Sleep Apnea if you have hypertension (high blood pressure).
- Kracze et al. AJRCCM 2000
Wake Up To This
It's estimated that traffic accidents related to OSA cause 1,400 fatalities in the U.S. each year.
- Annals of Internal Medicine, October 6, 2009.
It's About Your Health
If you have severe Sleep Apnea, you are 5 times more likely to develop cancer.
- Javier Nieto, MD, PhD; Steven Y. Park, M.D.; May 2012