[caveat emptor]

The study's authors suggest that screening the 500,000 Canadians with heart failure for sleep apnea ...and treating those who have the condition could save countless lives.

Better late than never. Can be a very debilitating condition which leads to heart and other health problems, preventable with early treatment.

A female patient of Dr. Bradley, a woman now in her early sixties, appeared to need a transplant to survive, as her heart was ejecting a fraction of the normal amount of blood into the body -- "almost incompatible with life."

Her husband... noticed her stop breathing repeatedly at night and she underwent testing that revealed she had sleep apnea. With the CPAP device, her heart function is now back to normal..

Not breathing repeatedly is a definitive test for sleep apnea, but a medical confirmation is likely required for CPAP treatment. A small monitor can be inexpensively rented and used at home if one wants to avoid the expense and inconvenience of an overnight stay in a medical facility.

[The Great RJ]

I have sleep apnea and have used a CPAP successfully for 10 years. The difference in my quality of life was immediate when I started using a CPAP and I have even gone camping and traveled to Europe without problems. Sleep apnea can be a silent killer, check with your doctor if you have excessive daytime tiredness, loud snoring, a sleep partner who reports you stopping breathing during sleep or an increase in your shirt collar size as an adult.

[Vigilanteman]

The study's authors suggest that screening the 500,000 Canadians with heart failure for sleep apnea -- which involves problems breathing while asleep -- and treating those who have the condition could save countless lives.

Why? They're probably mostly white people and unlikely to contribute to the diversity of Canada. It would also add more work to the overburdened free health care system. < / sarcasm >

[SnarlinCubBear]

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[ckilmer]

My father was diagnosed with sleep apnea year before he died because he was having regular angina attacks at night. The extra oxygen he got at night with the mask and positive pressure gave him an extra year of life.