People with mild sleep apnea have five to 15 arousals per hour, and those with severe cases have more than 30 per hour. The repeated stints of oxygen deprivation and sleep disruption damage organs ...

Sleep specialists measure severity using the apnea-hypopnea index, which counts breathing disruptions per hour. Disruptions between five to 15 are classified as mild, 15 to 30 as moderate and ...

People with mild sleep apnea have five to 15 arousals per hour, and those with severe cases have more than 30 per hour. The repeated stints of oxygen deprivation and sleep disruption damage organs ...