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<text id=93TT1640>
<title>
May 10, 1993: A Wake-Up Call for Heavy Snorers
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
May 10, 1993 Ascent of a Woman: Hillary Clinton
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK
HEALTH & SCIENCE Page 26
A Wake-Up Call for Heavy Snorers
</hdr>
<body>
<p> The debilitating disorder called sleep apnea may be
affecting millions
</p>
<p> Some people get a miserable night's sleep and don't even
know it. But for a debilitating grogginess the day after, they
haven't a clue that they passed the wee hours dozing, then
waking, then dozing again. The disorder is called sleep apnea,
and according to University of Wisconsin researchers, millions
of Americans have it.
</p>
<p> As the sufferer is snoozing, throat muscles that keep
breathing passages open relax so much that the airway closes.
As much as a minute may pass before the sleeper gasps for air
and rouses briefly. In a study reported in the New England
Journal of Medicine, researchers found that 4% of women and 9%
of men stopped breathing at least 15 times an hour during a
night's sleep. Because they are seldom fully awake, most apnea
sufferers are unaware that their sleep is disrupted. The only
clue may come from a bed partner whose own rest is disturbed by
the breathing fits and starts. Besides cutting down on
productivity, experts believe, apnea contributes to car and job
accidents and may be a factor in strokes and heart attacks.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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