Friday, December 22, 2006

Profiting from a good night's sleep


Snoring. Thrashing around. All night.
So Ortega saw his doctor, who referred him to a sleep disorder clinic in Colonial Heights. Ortega slept over one night, and specialists at the lab studied his nighttime behavior.
Periodically, Ortega would stop breathing for several seconds. Then his body would flog around, and he'd begin breathing again. It happened again and again throughout his night.
Ortega was diagnosed with a condition known as sleep apnea.

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