STUDY FINDS DEEP SLEEP "REWIRES" THE BRAIN TO ELIMINATE ANXIETY This study is important because untreated sleep apnea prevents a person from getting the amount of deep sleep they need. DEC 31, 2019 UC BERKELEY: “Deep sleep seems to be a natural anxiolytic (anxiety inhibitor), so long as we get it each and every night.” Overall, this new set of research is among the strongest pieces of evidence ever connecting sleep to anxiety relief on a neural level. Furthermore, the study’s authors believe their findings designate sleep as a natural, non-pharmaceutical alternative for anxiety disorder treatment. [click to see article]
SLEEP APNEA CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES... AND IT'S ON THE RISE May 27, 2019 THE NEW YORK TIMES - Obstructive sleep apnea, an increasingly common yet often missed or untreated condition that can result in poor quality of life, a risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes and even cancer, and perhaps most important of all, a threefold increased risk of often-fatal motor vehicle accidents. [click to see article]
NTSB CALLS FOR MANDATORY SLEEP APNEA TESTING IN NEW "10 MOST WANTED LIST" Feb 5, 2019 NTSB Undiagnosed and untreated obstructed sleep apnea continues to be deadly on our roads and rails, causing too many preventable accidents. We want to see mandatory screening and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea for rail and highway personnel in safety-sensitive positions. [click to see article]
WHO'S AT RISK... WHAT TO KNOW... RESEARCH SUGGESTS: 1 IN 3 PEOPLE HAVE SLEEP APNEA Nov 28, 2018 US NEWS & WORLD REPORT - What do snoring, daytime sleepiness and mood changes have in common? They're all signs of obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA – a common but grossly under-recognized sleep disorder.[click to see article]
STUDY SHOWS SLEEP APNEA MUCH MORE COMMON THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT... NEARLY 1 BILLION WORLDWIDE May 21, 2018 BUSINESS WIRE - A new study “Global Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)”, using better technology and methods than was available in the 2007 World Health Organization study, bumps the impacted worldwide OSA population to nearly 10 times what was thought... to almost 1 billion people. Highlights need for screening, testing.[click to see article]
NEW STUDY INDICATES DROWSY DRIVING 8 TIMES MORE PREVALENT THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT Feb 8, 2018 NBC NEWS - One in 10 U.S. highway crashes is the result of drowsy driving — as much as eight times more than what previous estimates have indicated, according to a new study by travel and insurance group AAA. [click to see article]
FAILURE TO SCREEN FOR SLEEP APNEA LED TO 2 RECENT TRAIN CRASHES Feb 6, 2018 THE NEW YORK TIMES - The investigations have been completed and it was found that the engineers in two recent commuter train crashes in the New York metropolitan area both suffered from sleep apnea. One crash involved loss of life and the other had over 100 injured passengers. [click to see article] UNDIAGNOSED SLEEP APNEA A FACTOR IN DEADLY CALIFORNIA BUS CRASH Oct 31, 2017 THE HILL - A federal safety board has determined that undiagnosed sleep apnea was a factor in a deadly bus crash in California last year, becoming just the latest fatal incident to be linked to the sleeping disorder. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday that undetected sleep apnea, along with a poor alert system for stopped highway traffic near utility work, was to blame for a crash that occurred when a tour bus slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer near Palm Springs, Calif., last October. The incident left 13 people dead and 31 others injured.[click to see article] CARRIE FISHER'S (STAR WARS' PRINCESS LEIA) DEATH SHINES LIGHT ON UNDERRATED HEALTH PROBLEM - SLEEP APNEA Jun 19, 2017 CHICAGO TRIBUNE The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said sleep apnea - where a person repeatedly stops breathing during sleep - was a contributing factor in her death [click to see article]
YOUR SNORES AREN'T JUST ANNOYING - STUDY SAYS THEY COULD KILL YOU Mar 7, 2017 READER'S DIGEST If snoring is caused by sleep apnea, your health could be in serious trouble. For some people, snoring is just a normal part of life they—and their partners—need to deal with. But left untreated, those harmless (albeit noisy) snores can increase your risk for multiple life-threatening conditions. [click to see article]
THE SYMPTOMS AND DANGERS OF UNTREATED SLEEP APNEA Feb 13, 2017 HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. Sleep is a critically important component of human existence. On average, humans spend about 25%-35% of their lives sleeping. Sleep allows both the body and brain to rest and recover from the stress of daily life. [click to see article]
MORE THAN AN ANNOYANCE: UNDERSTANDING SLEEP APNEA Jan 31, 2017 LANSING STATE JOURNAL. While snoring can be brushed aside as an annoying tendency of people sleeping in your home, it can be a sign of sleep apnea, a medical condition that can have serious negative effects on an individual’s life. [click to see article]
MTA ROLLS OUT SLEEP APNEA TESTING SYSTEM-WIDE Jan 25, 2017 NY WABC-TV. The MTA of NYC is the first public transportation agency in the country to offer sleep apnea testing system-wide to all of it's employees. The action comes more than three years after an engineer suffering from sleep apnea crashed killing 4 people. [click to see article]
WHAT IS SLEEP APNEA, AND SHOULD YOU GET TESTED? Jan 24, 2017 US NEWS & WORLD REPORT.Untreated, OSA has been found to significantly raise the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attack and stroke. [click to see article]
US POPULATION DIDN'T FARE WELL AT IT'S SLEEP CHECKUP IN STUDY ANNOUNCED CES CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS Jan 6, 2017 BUSINESS WIRE. “America didn’t do well at its checkup, with a Sleep Score of 77. The good news is we can use America’s Sleep Score as a teachable moment and national conversation starter about how to fix our country’s sleep,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show [click to see article]
NEW AAA STUDY: CAR CRASH RISK DOUBLES WHEN GETTING 5 OR 6 HOURS OF SLEEP Dec 6, 2016 AAA NEWSROOM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 35 percent of U.S. drivers sleep less than the recommended seven hours daily. And with drowsy driving involved in more than one in five fatal crashes on U.S. roadways each year, AAA warns drivers that getting less than seven hours of sleep may have deadly consequences. [click to see article]
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S PRINCE FIELDER TALKS ABOUT HIS SLEEP APNEA Mar 12, 2016 USA TODAY According to Fielder, ASC doctors told him having breathing stop about 30 times an hour is a danger sign. Fielder said his breathing stopped 39 times an hour during the test. [click to see article]
LACK OF SLEEP COSTING BUSINESSES UP TO $411 BILLION PER YEAR Nov 30, 2016 SLEEP REVIEW A comprehensive study by the RAND Corporation showed that sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce. [click to see article]
HOBOKEN NJ TRAIN CRASH ENGINEER HAD UNDIAGNOSED SLEEP APNEA Nov 17, 2016 NY NBC-TV. The engineer of a commuter train that slammed into a station going double the 10 mph speed limit, killing a woman, suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea, his lawyer said Wednesday. [click to see article]