Restless Nights: Understanding snoring and sleep apnea by Peretz Lavie, Yale University Press, $27.50, ISBN 0300085443 Reviewed by Tania Hershman
WE all do it, we need it to function normally, and yet for many, sleep is not what it should be. Snoring, choking and gasping for breath don’t make for a good night’s rest, for sufferers or their partners.
Sleep apnoea, the condition in which the airway becomes blocked and people stop breathing hundreds of times a night, was initially misdiagnosed as narcolepsy because those afflicted tend to drop off throughout the day. Now, after several decades of research, scientists…
