According to Virginia Zamudio-Lange, a speaker last week in Washington at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators only 47 percent doctors make the connection between sleep apnea and diabetes. Hence in the United States alone 85 percent of sleep apnea cases among diabetics go undiagnosed.

“Zamudio-Lange reported that in a sleep apnea screening protocol developed at Alamo Diabetes Team in San Antonio, diabetes educators asked patients about snoring and fatigue as they made preliminary diabetes assessments. Patients who reported apnea-like symptoms were categorized as high-risk and referred for further evaluation or possible treatment.”

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Doctors tend to miss Sleep Apnea and Diabetes connection

According to a new study women who deprive themselves of sleep may be more likely to die of heart disease. The research conducted at the Warwick Medical School claims that women who slept five hours or less were twice as likely to suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension) than women who slept seven hours or more a night.

“Sustained sleep curtailment, ensuing excessive daytime sleepiness and the higher cardiovascular risk are causes for concern,” lead author Prof. Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School, said in a statement.

“Emerging evidence also suggests a potential role for sleep deprivation as a predictor or risk factor for conditions like obesity and diabetes,” he added.

Sleep Deprivation Can Lead To Hypertension Risk in Women

Here is a bedtime horror story , okay slight exaggeration on my part but read on! 75 year old Agnes Vickers from Seaham, Durham was pressured by a salesman from Flexomatic For 5 long hours! Yes folks I know perseverance is an admirable quality but didn’t the salesman heard of the term overkill?

The poor old woman was convinced to buy a £2,000 hi-tech bed and even though she canceled her order the next day, the firm took a deposit from her bank account.

“This salesman came at 10.50am and didn’t leave until 4.20pm.
I thought he’d never go. “My husband who is 79 and deaf fell asleep. I have diabetes and need to eat every couple of hours. I was starting to feel really weak so eventually just agreed to buy it.”

The Sheriff has got Flexomatic to refund her money. Agnes said: “I’m so grateful. I was too scared to tell my husband in case he had a heart attack.”

Flexomatic said: “Our primary concern is to our customers.”

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Salesman Convinced Old Woman To Buy Bed For 5 hours!