The Health Hazards that Often Come with Sleep Apnea

Receiving less than the recommended amount of sleep every night and on a regular basis increases your risk for an early death. In a study of 10,308 British civil servants in 2007, researchers discovered those workers who reduced their sleep from fewer than seven hours a night were twice as likely to die from cardiovascular diseases.

Want more bad news? As you go through your day sleepy and tired, your chances of developing significant diseases or medical problems are much higher. You deny your body its opportunity to repair and restore itself. Cells cannot rejuvenate with chronic interrupted sleep.