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Truck Drivers Who Fail to Adhere to Sleep Apnea Treatment have Higher Crash Rate

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Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016.   Truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who failed to adhere to treatment had a rate of preventable crashes five times higher than that of truckers without the ailment, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Morris, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and colleagues.

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The study—which looked at the results of the first large-scale employer program to screen, diagnose, and monitor…

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