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National Sleep Lab * USA - Network for truckers, launched stateside
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -10 March 2009: -- Roadside Medical Clinic Lab and Sleep Pointe LLC have teamed up to develop a national sleep lab network in the U.S. in order to address the critical issue of obstructed sleep apnea among professional truck drivers... The initiative can provide sleep studies for the drivers today via unique partnerships with facilities adjacent to Pilot Travel Centers throughout the country. Each facility will be designed to support sleep studies using the existing exam rooms as sleep rooms after clinic hours... According to a study sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier's Safety Administration and the American Trucking Association, nearly 1.1 million commercial truck drivers are affected by sleep apnea - defined as the struggle to breathe during sleep that can lead to many other health problems including, excessive daytime sleepiness, heart disease, hypertension, stroke and other life-threatening diseases... (Photo: 20 months ago: Schneider National Inc. truck driver Charlie Resch shows of a machine he keeps in the cab of his truck to help him deal with his sleep apnea on Thursday, May 24, 2007 in Green Bay, Wis. Schneider diagnosed 10,000 of its 15,000 drivers with sleep apnea, a disorder that interferes with breathing during sleep and can leave the sufferer groggy and exhausted. The company provided them with machines to help them sleep)
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