Sleep apnea raises death risk 46 percent: study

Sleep apnea is a fat person's disease.

"They said people with severe breathing disorders during sleep were more likely to die from a variety of causes than similar people without such sleep disorders. The risks are most obvious in men aged 40 to 70, Naresh Punjabi of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and colleagues found.

Sleep apnea is caused by a collapse of the upper airway during sleep. Strong snoring can be a symptom but what makes apnea different are numerous brief interruptions in breathing.

Sleep apnea is closely linked with obesity, high blood pressure, heart failure and stroke, but researchers have not been able to clearly quantify how much more likely it makes a person to die."

The ones who really lose sleep here are the fit, since they have to pay to rescue the fat from their diseases of choice.

Hey, fat people! Shed the pounds and get some rest.