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It’s late. You’ve had a long, exhausting day and you can’t wait to get some rest. You snuggle under the covers, all wrapped up in your favourite PJs. Head resting on your cloud-like pillow, you close your eyes and start drifting off to sleep.
Did you know that approximately 72% of Canadian men have unhealthy habits? That men are 57% more likely to die from diabetes than women, and 79% more likely to die from heart disease than women? How about the fact that 67% of Canadian men are overweight or obese, and that those men are 40% more likely to die from cancer than women are? Yikes.
Whether snoring from your partner interrupts your sleep, or you’re the one making all the noise, we’re sorry to hear it! After all, it’s hard to get quality sleep if the snoring machine next to you is chasing you from your own bed on a nightly basis. In addition to being disruptive (ahem, and irritating), snoring can also be an early indicator of a more dangerous problem—obstructive sleep apnea.
Young and restless? Middle-aged and sleepless? It’s more common than you think. In North America alone, it’s estimated that upwards of 70 million adults suffer from at least one sleep disorder—that’s a real problem your health can’t afford to ignore.