Silence Your Snore – Save Your Life
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New York, NY – Snoring is often looked at as an annoying sleep problem that often effects one’s sleep partner more than themselves. According to experts, snoring can effect everyone, regardless of gender, age or race. It is a health problem that has created a multibillion dollar industry in order to stop it. The darker side to snoring is obstructive sleep apnea, which snoring is often an indicator of. Approximately 100 to 200 million Americans suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), causing long-term health risks, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and impotency. OSA is typically characterized by loud snoring, and is usually under diagnosed and often left untreated.
According to Dr. Daniel C. Smith, DDS, the founder of the new Focus Center for Sleep Apnea and Snoring, “a person suffering from OSA increases their risk of heart attack by 30%. Our goal is to provide our patients with the most comprehensive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of OSA available.” Dr. Smith founded the Focus Center for Sleep Apnea and Snoring with Dr. Kathleen Anderson, M.D. based on that fact that OSA has a solution with medical and dental treatments combined. For one of the first times in medical history, both specialties have come together to give the best solution for all people without a bias towards any one kind of treatment. Both doctors recognize that people are dying from OSA all too frequently, and with proper screening, education, and care, patients can lead a better quality of life.