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...sleep apnea, a disorder that causes interruptions in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep. In one study involving patients with severe sleep apnea (five or more episodes of apnea per hour), researchers found it was "significantly related to a two-fold increased risk of a stroke," says Bernadette Boden-Albala, lead author of the current study and assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons...
...That study involved people who were already going to a clinic for sleep problems," says Boden-Albala, "[Our study is] an off-the-street, community-based, prospective cohort study. But one of the limitations of [our sleepiness scale] is that we're not really able to differentiate what type of sleep disturbances these people were having." While the scale indicates that people are sleepy during the day and therefore not resting well at night, it doesn't say why. In terms of stroke and other vascular risks, says Boden-Albala, "The question really is, Is it sleep apnea...
...preponderance of evidence would suggest that it's sleep apnea, which is known to cause severe blood-pressure variations. But, according to Boden-Albala, a growing body of research, including her own past work, suggests that sleep deprivation is linked to a variety of conditions, such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension, that may also contribute to vascular risk. "There's more to it than just sleep apnea but we need to figure out why," says Boden-Albala...
Only a small percentage of participants in Boden-Albala's study suffered from severe daytime sleepiness, but a full 47% reported moderate levels of uncontrollable dozing. "That's a public health problem," she says. "If you think you have a sleep problem, bring it up the next time you see your physician. And if you're falling asleep every single day watching television or when you try to read a book, that might be something serious...
...country. Phone data, backed up by questioning of hotel personnel and inspection of guest registers, indicate that Sarhadi was in touch with both the Istanbul base and the Geneva hotel where hit-man Azadi stayed just before his escape from the country. Sarhadi's lawyer, Nuri Albala, admits that his client's "passport arrived in Switzerland on Aug. 13, 1991" but insists that someone else was using it. The travel document was "stolen," says Albala, after being handed over to the Iranian airport police...