An epidemic of sleep apnea

In CategorySleep/Insomnia
ByRuss Bianchi

Why didn’t I learn about sleep apnea in medical school? It’s because it hadn’t even been described until 1965. It still hadn’t made its way into my course curriculum by the mid-1970s when I was in medical school. Now sleep apnea is so common that a New York travel agent tried to argue that sleep apnea was the reason she stole $25 million from her clients.

An epidemic of sleep apnea

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