High Testosterone? Maybe Real Health Problems, Too
OK. It's what a lot of men want, and some pretend to have. We're talking higher levels of testosterone . But now a new study is finding that obese men with this have poorer sleep quality. It's important because poor sleep quality has been linked to increased risk of diabetes and hypertension. Many obese men suffer from sleep apnea, another disorder that disrupts sleep patterns. With this problem, you can stop breathing up to a hundred times of night -- and not even know it. People who snore may also have this illness. The selection of the men in the study did not consider whether they had symptoms or a history of sleep apnea, according to newswise.com. However, the sleep study showed that 66 percent of the men did have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which was moderately severe in most cases. OSA can lead to an increased risk of heart disease, deadly accidents (the engineer on the Metro North train that veered out of control and killed four people...