"There is a great need to maintain continuous assessment of the role of OSA, as well as other sleep disorders, in the health of the American public and to track the savings in lives and dollars of diagnosis and treatment. The cost of cardiovascular disease, for example, is in the range of $500 billion per year, and OSA alone may account for 25% or more of these costs."  Read full article

"A quarter century has elapsed since Colin Sullivan and his colleagues introduced continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as the first noninvasive, effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Given this lengthy period, we must ask why today the majority of OSA victims remain undiagnosed and untreated."  Read full article