Valor 4 Vet
Article Read: PTSD and Sleep Apnea
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"Bethany
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"Spangenberg
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"physician
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"assistant
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"accredited
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"VA
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"agent
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"president Veiller / president valor / president they live / president valid / president they look / president they leave
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"Valor for vet / Valor vet / Valor for that / Valor for Vette / Valor for vat / Valor Privett / Valor Privette / Valerie for vet / Valor privet / Valer for vet
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"Can't
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"sleep
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"feeling
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"exhausted
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"never
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"enough
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"coffee your / coffee you / coffee you're / coffee do you
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"weight / wake / weak
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"from
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"your
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"sleep
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"for
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"the
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"third
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"time
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"and
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"you
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"still
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"have
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"a few
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"more
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"hours
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"before
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"it's
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"time
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"to
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"roll
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"out of
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"bed
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"for
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"the
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"day
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"(silence)
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"are you checking / re-checking
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"the
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"doors
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"the
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"gun
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"safe
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"having
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"nightmares
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"or
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"flashbacks
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"Up
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"for
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"work
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"coffee
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"in / and
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"hand / head
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"on
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"to start / the start
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"the
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"day
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"and / in
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"day
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"after
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"day
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"you
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"fight
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"the
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"fatigue
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"the
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"days
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"are
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"long
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"but
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"the
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"years
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"flyby / fly by
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"and
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"now
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"you've
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"put
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"off
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"the
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"Y
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"for
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"years
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"(silence)
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"why
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"are
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"you
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"having
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"trouble
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"sleeping
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"why
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"are
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"you
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"always
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"tired
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"Is
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"it
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"your
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"post
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"traumatic
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"stress
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"disorder
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"or
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"PTSD
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"causing
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"your
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"chronic
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"sleep
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"troubles
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"(silence)
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"or
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"are
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"you
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"now
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"also
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"suffering
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"from
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"sleep apnea
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"(silence)
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"You've
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"probably
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"heard
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"about
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"sleep apnea
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"a lot
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"lately
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"because
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"it
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"seems
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"like
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"everyone
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"has
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"it
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"(silence)
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"also
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"heard
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"that
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"you
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"can
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"get
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"a
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"50
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"%
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"disability
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"rating
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"if
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"you
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"get
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"service-connected / service connected
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"for
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"it
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"(silence)
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"game
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"on
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"(silence)
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"but
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"before
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"you
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"make
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"your
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"first
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"move
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"let's / which
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"get
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"a
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"better
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"understanding
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"of
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"which sleep apnea / what sleep apnea
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"is
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"and / in
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"why
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"it
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"seems
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"to
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"be
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"spreading
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"like
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"the
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"plague
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"Before
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"you
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"start
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"(silence)
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"generally
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"is it disease / is a disease
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"where
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"your
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"brain
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"and
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"breathing
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"structures
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"are
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"not
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"working
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"together
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"adequately
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"to
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"breathe
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"and
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"maintain
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"oxygen
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"during
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"sleep
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"(silence)
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"sleep apnea
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"is
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"categorized
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"into
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"three
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"types
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"obstructive
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"central
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"and
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"mixed
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"(silence)
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"like
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"many
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"other
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"diseases
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"the
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"exact
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"mechanism
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"of
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"the
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"disease
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"development
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"is
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"not
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"known
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"but
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"many
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"diseases
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"are
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"thought
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"to
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"cause sleep / call sleep
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"apnea
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"and
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"to
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"aggravate
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"including
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"PTSD
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"other
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"diseases
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"associated
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"with
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"sleep apnea
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"or
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"known
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"to
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"cause
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"an / and / in
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"aggravate sleep apnea / aggravates sleep apnea
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"include
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"congestive
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"heart
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"failure
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"pulmonary
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"hypertension
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"type
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"two
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"diabetes
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"chronic
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"lung
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"disease
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"strokes
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"thyroid
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"disease
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"Parkinson's
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"disease
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"Structural
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"deformities
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"of
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"the
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"upper
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"or
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"lower
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"airway
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"just
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"to / the
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"name
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"a few / of you
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"(silence)
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"the
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"symptoms
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"of
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"sleep apnea
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"are
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"often
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"put
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"off
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"by
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"people
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"as
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"I
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"just
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"didn't
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"sleep
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"well
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"(silence)
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"but
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"overtime becomes / overtime if he comes / overtime it becomes
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"I
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"don't
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"sleep
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"well
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"(silence)
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"some
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"symptoms
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"may
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"include
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"(silence)
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"daytime
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"sleepiness
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"(silence)
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"fatigue
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"(silence)
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"poor
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"concentration
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"(silence)
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"morning
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"headaches
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"(silence)
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"insomnia
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"(silence)
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"snoring
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"(silence)
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"gasping
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"during
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"sleep
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"(silence)
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"choking
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"during
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"sleep
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"(silence)
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"snoring
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"during
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"sleep
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"stopping / stop being
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"breathing
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"while
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"sleeping
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"Depression
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"(silence)
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"often the / often a
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"spouse
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"or / or a
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"family
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"member
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"will tell / would tell
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"the
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"veteran
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"if they / that they
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"stop / stopped
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"breathing
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"during
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"sleep
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"complain
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"and
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"laugh if there's snoring / laugh at the snoring / laugh at their snoring
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"gasping
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"or
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"choking
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"does / is
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"this
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"sound
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"like
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"you
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"(silence)
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"to
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"find
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"out
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"if
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"you
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"have
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"need
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"to
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"have
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"a
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"sleep
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"study
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"(silence)
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"a
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"sleep
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"study
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"will
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"tell
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"your
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"doctor
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"how
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"well
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"your
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"body
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"is
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"keeping
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"up
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"with
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"breathing
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"and
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"maintaining
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"oxygen
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"during
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"sleep
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"if I sleep / if the sleep
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"apnea
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"results
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"show
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"if
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"if
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"the
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"results
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"show
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"an
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"apnea
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"hypo
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"apnea
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"index
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"or
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"HI / a HI
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"of five / a five
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"or
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"more
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"events
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"per
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"hour
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"on
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"average
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"do
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"have
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"There
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"are
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"two
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"main
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"ways
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"to
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"complete
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"a
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"sleep
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"study
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"(silence)
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"when
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"is
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"a
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"sleep
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"study
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"at
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"home
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"using
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"equipment
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"borrowed
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"from
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"the
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"medical
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"facility
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"the
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"second
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"is
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"a
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"sleep
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"study
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"at
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"a
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"hospital
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"or
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"sleep
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"center
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"in a / in the
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"sleep
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"lab
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"(silence)
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"sleep
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"studies
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"performed
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"in
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"the
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"lab
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"more
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"comprehensive
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"and
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"provide
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"your
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"doctor
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"with
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"more
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"details
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"about
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"your
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"sleep
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"cycle
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"and
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"brain
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"waves
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"In
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"lab sleep / labs sleep
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"studies
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"are
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"preferred
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"by
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"most
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"medical
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"providers
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"have
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"seen
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"the
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"disability
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"rates
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"at
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"the
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"VA
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"be
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"picky
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"about
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"the
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"at
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"home
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"sleep
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"studies
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"(silence)
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"but
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"if
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"your
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"doctor
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"prescribes treatment / prescribed treatment / prescribe treatment
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"for
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"a
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"sleep
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"disorder
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"(silence)
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"The / A
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"disability
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"raiders / Raiders
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"need
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"to
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"get
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"over
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"it
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"Treatment
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"for
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"the
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"disease
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"will depend / would depend
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"on
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"the
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"type and severity / type in severity
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"of
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"(silence)
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"treatment
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"may
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"include
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"(silence)
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"an / in
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"oral
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"appliance
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"such
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"as a / as the
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"mandibular
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"advancement
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"device
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"(silence)
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"respiratory
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"appliances
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"for
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"positive
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"airway
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"pressure
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"therapy
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"such
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"a
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"CPAP
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"or
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"BiPAP
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"(silence)
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"surgery
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"to
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"remove
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"tissues
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"in
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"the
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"upper
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"airway
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"also known as a UB / also known as the UB
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"three
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"Surgery
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"to
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"remove
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"tonsils
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"and
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"add
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"annoyed's / annoyed
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"(silence)
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"hypoglossal
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"nerve
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"stimulation
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"another
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"important
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"treatment
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"goal
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"is
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"to
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"obtain
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"optimal
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"control
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"of
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"the
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"contributing
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"disease
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"However
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"one
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"study
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"showed
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"that
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"even
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"after
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"obtaining
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"control
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"of
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"thyroid
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"function
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"in / and
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"those
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"with
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"was / which / with
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"still
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"present
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"(silence)
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"there are / there
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"currently
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"no
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"medication is proven / medication proven
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"to
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"treat
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"the
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"disease
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"of
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"sleep apnea
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"(silence)
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"medication
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"'s can / can
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"be
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"prescribed
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"to
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"treat
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"the
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"symptoms
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"of
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"sleep
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"apnea
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"and
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"to
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"assist
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"with
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"sleep
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"hygiene
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"so
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"why
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"does
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"it
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"seem
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"to
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"be
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"spreading
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"like
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"the
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"plague
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"(silence)
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"we
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"believe
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"it's
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"more
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"about
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"increased
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"awareness
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"and
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"testing in / testing and
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"been
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"something
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"contagious
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"(silence)
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"let's
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"go
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"back
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"in
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"time
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"(silence)
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"stopping / stop being
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"breathing
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"or
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"apnea
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"during
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"sleep
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"was
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"first
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"discovered
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"in
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"19
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"6
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"5
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"(silence)
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"While
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"observing
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"patients
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"with
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"obesity
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"hypoventilation
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"syndrome medical / syndrome a medical / syndrome and medical
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"text from / texts from
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"19
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"7
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"9
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"discussed
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"obesity
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"hypoventilation
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"syndrome
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"as
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"(silence)
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"weight
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"of
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"chest
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"wall
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"and
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"obstructing
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"fat
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"mechanically
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"impede
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"chest
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"wall
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"movements
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"(silence)
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"upper
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"airway
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"including
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"sinuses
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"in / and
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"throat
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"may
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"also
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"obstruct
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"intermittently
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"In
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"19
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"7
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"9
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"there were / they were
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"many
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"theories
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"as
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"to
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"what
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"caused
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"obesity
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"hypoventilation
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"syndrome
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"including
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"muscle
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"disease
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"lung
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"disease
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"and
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"brain
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"disease
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"(silence)
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"at / if
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"that
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"time
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"if
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"a
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"patient's obesity / patient obesity
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"hypoventilation
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"syndrome was / syndrome is
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"severe
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"enough
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"to
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"cause
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"lung
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"failure
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"The
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"treatment
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"was a / was the
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"tracheostomy
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"then
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"in
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"19
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"80
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"an / and
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"alternate
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"treatment
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"was
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"discovered
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"(silence)
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"after
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"a
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"patient
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"with
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"severe
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"apnea
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"during
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"sleep
6:31
"refuse surgical / review surgical
6:32
"surgical
6:32
"placement
6:33
"of
6:33
"a
6:33
"tracheostomy
6:34
"was trialed on / was trials and / was trials on / was child on
6:35
"continuous
6:36
"positive
6:36
"airway
6:36
"pressure
6:37
"(silence)
6:37
"or
6:37
"CPAP
6:38
"through
6:38
"a
6:39
"nasal
6:39
"device
6:39
"(silence)
6:40
"the
6:40
"right
6:41
"amount
6:41
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6:41
"pressure
6:41
"was
6:42
"provided
6:42
"to
6:42
"the
6:42
"patient
6:43
"through
6:43
"the
6:43
"nasal
6:43
"device
6:44
"is
6:44
"apnea
6:45
"stopped
6:47
"The
6:47
"patient
6:47
"was
6:47
"monitored
6:48
"through
6:48
"the
6:48
"night while / night well
6:49
"using
6:49
"the
6:49
"nasal
6:50
"device
6:50
"and
6:51
"he
6:51
"was
6:51
"able
6:51
"to
6:51
"sleep
6:52
"for
6:52
"seven
6:52
"hours
6:53
"without
6:53
"apnea
6:54
"(silence)
6:54
"however
6:55
"the
6:55
"successful
6:55
"discovery
6:56
"didn't
6:56
"go
6:57
"viral
6:57
"(silence)
6:58
"almost
6:59
"20
6:59
"years
6:59
"after
7:00
"his discovery / its discovery
7:01
"in
7:01
"19
7:01
"8 / 80
7:02
"4 / for
7:02
"sleep apnea
7:04
"given
7:04
"a
7:04
"diagnostic
7:05
"code
7:05
"for
7:05
"doctors
7:06
"and
7:06
"hospitals
7:06
"to
7:07
"use
7:08
"In
7:08
"19
7:09
"8
7:09
"5
7:10
"just
7:10
"over
7:10
"1
7:11
"00
7:11
"patients
7:11
"were
7:11
"being
7:12
"treated
7:12
"for
7:12
"sleep apnea
7:13
"with
7:13
"a
7:13
"CPAP
7:14
"machine
7:15
"end / and
7:16
"in
7:16
"19
7:16
"9
7:16
"6
7:17
"the
7:17
"VA
7:18
"published a / publish the / published the
7:18
"proposed
7:19
"rule
7:19
"to
7:19
"allow
7:20
"for
7:20
"public
7:20
"notice
7:21
"and
7:21
"comment
7:21
"regarding
7:22
"sleep
7:22
"apnea
7:23
"before
7:23
"publishing
7:24
"the
7:24
"final
7:24
"rule
7:24
"in
7:25
"the
7:25
"code of federal regulations / Code of Federal Regulations
7:28
"public
7:28
"comments
7:29
"were
7:29
"made
7:29
"regarding
7:29
"the
7:29
"proposed sleep / propose sleep
7:30
"apnea
7:30
"criteria
7:31
"that
7:32
"was
7:32
"decided
7:32
"by
7:32
"the
7:33
"VA
7:33
"central / Central
7:33
"office
7:34
"(silence)
7:35
"from
7:35
"the
7:35
"outside
7:36
"we
7:36
"may
7:37
"never
7:37
"understand
7:38
"how
7:38
"the
7:38
"VA
7:38
"central / Central
7:39
"office
7:39
"established a / established the / establish the
7:40
"criteria
7:40
"for
7:41
"sleep
7:41
"apnea
7:41
"(silence)
7:43
"interestingly
7:43
"Interestingly
7:44
"when
7:44
"it
7:44
"comes
7:45
"to
7:45
"fatigue
7:45
"and
7:46
"decreased
7:46
"cognition
7:47
"following
7:47
"sleep
7:47
"deprivation
7:49
"tractor-trailer
7:49
"drivers
7:50
"I've
7:50
"been
7:50
"aware
7:51
"of
7:51
"driver
7:51
"fatigue
7:52
"for
7:52
"years
7:53
"(silence)
7:54
"even
7:54
"before
7:54
"the
7:54
"motor
7:55
"carrier
7:55
"act
7:55
"of
7:55
"19
7:56
"3
7:56
"5
7:57
"which
7:57
"allowed
7:58
"limitations / limitation
7:58
"of
7:59
"a
7:59
"truck
7:59
"drivers / driver's
7:59
"hours
8:00
"(silence)
8:01
"that
8:01
"the
8:01
"symptoms
8:01
"of
8:02
"driver
8:02
"fatigue
8:03
"closely
8:03
"paralleled with / parallel with
8:04
"symptoms
8:04
"of
8:04
"sleep
8:05
"apnea
8:06
"study
8:06
"was
8:06
"sponsored
8:07
"partly
8:07
"by
8:07
"the
8:07
"federal
8:08
"motor
8:08
"carrier
8:09
"safety
8:09
"administration
8:10
"or
8:11
"FMC essay / FM CSA
8:12
"in
8:12
"2
8:12
"00
8:13
"2
8:13
"to
8:13
"identify
8:14
"how
8:14
"many
8:14
"truck
8:15
"drivers
8:15
"had
8:15
"sleep
8:16
"apnea
8:17
"The
8:17
"study
8:18
"found the 2 / found that 2 / found a 2
8:19
"8
8:19
"%
8:19
"of
8:20
"1
8:20
"3
8:21
"9
8:21
"1
8:21
"truck
8:21
"drivers
8:22
"living
8:22
"within
8:22
"a
8:23
"50
8:23
"mile
8:23
"radius
8:24
"of
8:24
"the
8:24
"University of Pennsylvania / university of Pennsylvania
8:26
"at
8:26
"sleep apnea
8:28
"Medical / A medical
8:29
"expert
8:29
"panel
8:29
"was
8:29
"formed
8:30
"following the / following to
8:30
"study
8:31
"(silence)
8:32
"and
8:32
"made
8:32
"recommendations
8:33
"to
8:33
"the
8:33
"FMC essay / FM CSA
8:34
"in
8:34
"2
8:35
"008
8:35
"regarding
8:36
"sleep apnea
8:36
"(silence)
8:38
"and
8:38
"when
8:38
"the
8:38
"standard
8:39
"medical
8:39
"exam
8:39
"form
8:40
"for
8:40
"all
8:40
"truck
8:40
"drivers
8:41
"was
8:41
"released
8:41
"in
8:41
"20
8:42
"16
8:42
"(silence)
8:43
"questions
8:44
"about
8:44
"sleep
8:44
"habits
8:44
"were
8:45
"asked
8:45
"of
8:45
"every
8:46
"driver
8:47
"Every
8:47
"tractor-trailer
8:48
"driver
8:48
"referred
8:49
"to
8:49
"as
8:49
"a
8:50
"truck
8:50
"driver
8:50
"in
8:51
"this
8:51
"article
8:51
"(silence)
8:52
"must
8:52
"pass
8:52
"a
8:53
"medical
8:53
"exam
8:54
"to
8:54
"obtain
8:54
"a
8:54
"certificate
8:55
"to
8:55
"drive
8:56
"(silence)
8:56
"if
8:56
"the
8:56
"truck
8:56
"driver
8:57
"has
8:57
"enough
8:57
"risk
8:58
"factors
8:58
"for
8:58
"sleep apnea
8:59
"(silence)
9:00
"and the / in the
9:00
"medical
9:00
"examiner
9:01
"may
9:01
"give
9:01
"the
9:01
"truck
9:02
"driver
9:02
"at
9:02
"three
9:02
"month
9:03
"certificate
9:03
"(silence)
9:04
"And require / Require / In require
9:04
"a
9:05
"sleep
9:05
"study
9:05
"before
9:06
"the
9:06
"driver
9:06
"can
9:06
"obtain the standard / obtain a standard
9:07
"certification
9:08
"period / .
9:08
"of a one / Of a one / Of one
9:09
"or
9:09
"two
9:09
"year
9:10
"certificate
9:11
"The truck / A truck / Truck
9:12
"driver
9:12
"then
9:12
"must
9:12
"return
9:13
"with
9:13
"the
9:13
"sleep
9:13
"study
9:14
"results
9:14
"improve
9:15
"of
9:15
"treatment
9:15
"if
9:16
"the
9:16
"study
9:16
"was
9:16
"positive
9:17
"for
9:17
"sleep
9:17
"apnea
9:18
"in
9:18
"order
9:18
"to
9:18
"get
9:18
"the
9:19
"longer
9:19
"certificate
9:20
"(silence)
9:21
"if
9:21
"the
9:21
"driver
9:21
"has
9:21
"sleep
9:22
"apnea
9:22
"but he's / but is
9:23
"not
9:23
"compliant
9:24
"with
9:24
"their
9:24
"CPAP
9:24
"machine
9:25
"the
9:25
"medical
9:26
"examiner
9:26
"can
9:26
"fail
9:27
"the
9:27
"truck
9:27
"driver
9:27
"(silence)
9:28
"The
9:28
"back-and-forth
9:29
"process
9:29
"can
9:30
"be
9:30
"worrisome
9:30
"for
9:31
"the
9:31
"driver
9:31
"(silence)
9:32
"due
9:33
"to
9:33
"concerns
9:33
"of
9:33
"not
9:34
"obtaining
9:34
"their
9:34
"certificate
9:35
"and
9:35
"losing
9:35
"their
9:36
"livelihood
9:36
"(silence)
9:37
"with
9:37
"the
9:37
"increased
9:38
"awareness
9:38
"in / and
9:39
"testing
9:39
"for
9:39
"sleep apnea
9:40
"that can / there can
9:41
"be
9:41
"a
9:41
"delay
9:41
"in
9:41
"obtaining
9:42
"testing
9:43
"and / in
9:43
"a
9:43
"truck
9:43
"Trevor / driver
9:44
"may
9:44
"not
9:44
"get
9:44
"the
9:44
"sleep
9:45
"study
9:45
"done
9:45
"in
9:45
"time
9:46
"or
9:47
"they
9:47
"may
9:47
"not
9:47
"get
9:47
"their
9:47
"CPAP
9:48
"in
9:48
"time
9:49
"Some
9:50
"medical
9:50
"companies
9:51
"even
9:51
"started
9:51
"to
9:51
"target
9:52
"tractor-trailer
9:53
"drivers
9:53
"to
9:54
"get
9:54
"an
9:54
"easy
9:55
"and
9:55
"quick
9:55
"sleep
9:55
"study
9:56
"so
9:56
"that
9:56
"their
9:56
"certification
9:57
"and / in
9:58
"their
9:58
"livelihood
9:58
"weren't affected / were affected
9:59
"(silence)
10:00
"the
10:00
"2
10:00
"00
10:01
"2
10:01
"study
10:01
"brought
10:02
"more
10:02
"awareness
10:02
"about
10:03
"sleep apnea to / sleep apnea at the
10:04
"medical
10:04
"professionals
10:05
"and
10:05
"intern
10:06
"brought
10:06
"awareness
10:07
"to
10:07
"veterans
10:08
"this
10:08
"is
10:08
"because
10:09
"more
10:09
"than
10:09
"8
10:09
"million
10:10
"military
10:10
"veterans
10:11
"are
10:11
"truck
10:11
"drivers
10:12
"(silence)
10:12
"when
10:13
"one
10:13
"veteran
10:13
"truck
10:13
"driver
10:14
"gets service / get service
10:14
"connected
10:15
"for
10:15
"sleep
10:15
"apnea
10:16
"at
10:16
"50
10:16
"%
10:17
"(silence)
10:17
"bus
10:18
"route
10:18
"the
10:18
"truckstop
10:18
"turns
10:19
"to
10:19
"VA
10:19
"disability
10:20
"compensation
10:21
"(silence)
10:23
"rules
10:23
"of
10:23
"the
10:23
"game
10:24
"(silence)
10:25
"in
10:25
"order
10:26
"to
10:26
"win
10:26
"a
10:26
"service
10:27
"connection nexus / connection Nexus / connection a nexus
10:28
"or relationship / relationship
10:29
"between
10:29
"PTSD
10:30
"and
10:31
"sleep apnea
10:31
"must
10:32
"exist
10:33
"(silence)
10:33
"when
10:34
"Bethany a former / Bethany former / Bethany a formal
10:35
"A / The
10:35
"former / formal
10:35
"compensation
10:36
"and
10:36
"pension
10:37
"examiner / Examiner
10:37
"And veteran / In veteran / Inventor and / Inveterate / Inventor in / Veteran / Inventor an / Investor and
10:38
"advocate / Advocate
10:39
"fresh
10:39
"out of
10:39
"the
10:39
"military
10:40
"within
10:40
"the
10:40
"Chillicothe VA AMC / Chillicothe VAMC / Chillicothe V AMC
10:42
"she
10:43
"believe there / believed there
10:43
"wasn't
10:44
"a
10:44
"connection
10:44
"between
10:45
"PTSD
10:46
"in
10:46
"sleep
10:46
"apnea
10:47
"(silence)
10:48
"however a changed / however that changed / however the changed / however it changed
10:50
"in
10:50
"the
10:50
"fall
10:50
"of
10:51
"20
10:51
"17
10:52
"when
10:52
"she
10:52
"attended
10:53
"a
10:53
"conference
10:53
"in
10:53
"San Antonio
10:54
"for
10:54
"veteran
10:55
"advocacy
10:56
"During
10:57
"the
10:57
"conference
10:57
"a
10:57
"doctor
10:58
"working
10:58
"as
10:58
"a
10:58
"medical
10:59
"advisor
10:59
"for
10:59
"the
11:00
"bee VA / BVA
11:01
"end of this Q&A / ended his Q&A / and the Q&A / ended the Q&A
11:02
"session
11:02
"stating
11:03
"that
11:03
"there
11:03
"is
11:04
"evidence
11:04
"to
11:05
"show
11:05
"relationship
11:06
"between
11:06
"PTSD
11:07
"and
11:07
"sleep apnea
11:08
"(silence)
11:09
"I
11:09
"couldn't
11:10
"believe
11:10
"it
11:11
"a
11:11
"doctor
11:11
"says
11:12
"this
11:12
"in
11:12
"front
11:12
"of them / of it / of him
11:12
"for
11:12
"2
11:13
"50
11:14
"attorneys
11:14
"(silence)
11:15
"so
11:15
"I
11:15
"started
11:15
"digging
11:16
"into
11:16
"the
11:16
"medical
11:17
"literature
11:17
"says
11:18
"Bethany
11:19
"I looked / They looked
11:19
"at
11:19
"research
11:20
"studies
11:21
"considered / consider
11:21
"effects / affects
11:22
"of
11:22
"brain
11:22
"waves
11:23
"respiratory
11:24
"function
11:24
"blue
11:25
"lights / light
11:25
"the
11:26
"statistics
11:27
"and
11:27
"the
11:27
"risk
11:27
"factors
11:28
"I
11:28
"also
11:29
"looked
11:29
"at
11:29
"the
11:29
"laws
11:30
"more
11:30
"intently
11:31
"and
11:31
"discuss
11:31
"them
11:32
"with
11:32
"several
11:32
"attorneys
11:33
"and
11:33
"there
11:34
"is
11:34
"a
11:34
"relationship
11:35
"or
11:36
"nexus / Nexus
11:37
"in
11:37
"several
11:37
"avenues
11:38
"that PTSD / the PTSD
11:39
"causes
11:40
"or
11:40
"aggravate sleep / aggravates sleep
11:41
"apnea
11:42
"as well as
11:42
"many
11:43
"other
11:43
"diseases
11:46
"Now
11:47
"when
11:47
"it
11:47
"comes
11:47
"to
11:47
"winning
11:48
"a
11:48
"claim
11:48
"for
11:48
"sleep apnea
11:49
"with the / with a
11:49
"VA
11:50
"it's
11:50
"easy
11:51
"(silence)
11:52
"in
11:52
"an
11:52
"ideal
11:53
"world
11:53
"(silence)
11:54
"but
11:54
"if
11:54
"you're experienced enough / you experience enough
11:55
"with
11:55
"how
11:56
"the
11:56
"VA
11:56
"regional
11:57
"office
11:57
"functions
11:58
"it can / I can
11:58
"be
11:59
"very
11:59
"difficult
12:00
"(silence)
12:00
"it's
12:01
"more
12:01
"difficult
12:01
"if
12:02
"you
12:02
"depend
12:02
"on
12:02
"the
12:02
"VA
12:02
"'s
12:03
"compensation
12:03
"and
12:04
"pension
12:04
"doctor
12:07
"Your
12:07
"first
12:08
"move
12:08
"(silence)
12:10
"you
12:10
"even
12:10
"apply
12:10
"for
12:11
"sleep
12:11
"apnea
12:11
"direct to service / direct service / Director service / direct or service
12:12
"(silence)
12:13
"or
12:13
"secondary
12:14
"to
12:14
"another
12:14
"service-connected condition / service connected condition / service connect to condition / service connect a condition
12:16
"(silence)
12:16
"such
12:17
"as
12:17
"PTSD get a / PTSD go to
12:18
"sleep
12:19
"study
12:20
"If
12:20
"you were / you're / you are
12:20
"having
12:21
"trouble
12:21
"sleeping
12:21
"(silence)
12:22
"experiencing
12:23
"fatigue
12:24
"or
12:24
"have
12:24
"any
12:24
"of
12:24
"the
12:25
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12:25
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13:58
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Mar 18, 2020
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