The U.S. could save nearly 1,000 motorists lives every year, and some $11 billion in collision costs, through standard sleep-apnea treatment, according to researchers quoted in a Reuters report featured on HeartCenter Online.
A recent study suggests that of an estimated 1,400 obstructive-apnea-related traffic deaths in the year 2000, 980 could have been prevented had the driver been treated with a “CPAP,†a device made to regulate airway pressure during sleep.