Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease - An In-Depth Look at Sleep Apnea

2010-09-09T20:44:21Z

Dr Somers, professor of hypertension and cardiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, had this to say "It is possible that diagnosing and treating sleep apnea may prove to be an important opportunity to advance our efforts at preventing and treating heart disease"

The reasons are simple - sleep deprivation places considerable pressure on the heart, which can lead to heart complications.

Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease

Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder whereby the...

Internet Via Lighting

2010-12-27T07:00:18Z

In this Nov. 22, 2010 photo, LVX System inventor and CEO John C. Pederson holds a small LED transceiver unit in St. Cloud, Minn. The unit can connect to a computer allowing fast, wireless internet connectivity through imperceptible pulses of light transmitted to and from other LED lights in a ceiling-mounted unit. (AP Photo/Kimm Anderson)

S Dakota St Minnesota Basketball

2010-12-23T19:32:11Z

South Dakota State's Griffan Callahan, right, and Minnesota's Trevor Mbakwe battle for the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game...

Winter Storm Midwest

2010-12-12T08:31:48Z

A driver tries to free his car from the snow in an intersection on University Avenue in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. A winter storm formed in the Rocky Mountains on Friday and then swept into northern Nebraska and Iowa overnight. By Saturday morning, heavy snow an...

Winter Storm-On the Roof

2010-12-11T14:01:22Z

Amid a blizzard, hospital executive Robert Stevens of Waconia, Minn., poses for a photo from the roof of an Excelsior, Minn., coffee shop, where he was stationed to raise money for his daughter's school, on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Stevens, president and CEO of Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, had hatched plans long before the storm was forecast to camp on the roof of the Dunn Broth...

E Kentucky Minnesota Basketball

2010-12-11T12:31:18Z