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Health Check: is snoring anything to worry about?

  • Written by Jason Amatoury, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biomedical Engineer, Upper Airway Physiologist, Neuroscience Research Australia
imageSnoring occurs due to vibration of the soft tissues of your upper airway. timothykrause/flickr , CC BY-SA

There’s nothing quite like the sound of snoring as the ultimate sleep interrupter.

But snoring can be more than just a frustration to those in your vicinity. Sometimes snoring is linked to more serious health problems, such as obstructive...

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