Carrying too many pounds may lead to or worsen some types of cancer, arthritis, sleep apnea and even infertility.
In the case of sleep apnea, there is even more of a toll on the body.
So, for instance, it is likely that this woman has markedly impaired sleep, due perhaps to sleep apnea.
Two of my husband's brothers have sleep apnea, and have devices to help them breathe at night, the other brother has severe asthma.
The sensation of pain requires upper-level brain function, and as we said, the apnea test proves that there is no upper-level brain function.
Sleep apnea destroys your sleep (and can lead to cardiac problems) and very much sucks the life right out of you.
There is research that shows that even a 10% loss of total body mass can reduce the number of apneas per hour by 50%.
My father, now dead, had sleep apnea for years and years.
