Dr. Paul Hoff

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257 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

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So every minute they're waking up.

That would be considered severe.

So they're waking up and they're just not getting good sleep.

So all the healing of the brain that occurs during restorative sleep doesn't happen.

And those are the things that lead to cognitive decline and other more serious things, Alzheimer's, dementia, things like that.

There are more studies coming out looking at that.

It's hopeful because we have good treatments for it.

I think the part that's frustrating is that we talked about 80% of the patients are not diagnosed.

So we need to do a better job.

And that's probably in diagnosing people.

And that's where things like consumer sleep technology comes in, like the Apple Watch and things like that.

It's much more widely available, at least as a screening device, not necessarily diagnostic, but at least it gets people aware.

It's like, oh, I have a problem.

I need to go in and talk to a sleep physician about this.

So that's the hopeful thing.

And we do have good treatments for it.

Well, it's interesting.

So a thin person can have sleep apnea.

But as the BMI goes up, the incidence and the prevalence goes up significantly.

So if your BMI is 35, 40, the incidence of sleep apnea is going to be much greater.

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