Apnea script

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APNEA DISCOVERY (running time = 2:14)

SUGGESTED INTRO: THERE'S GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM DAYTIME FATIGUE CAUSED BY SNORING OR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA. DENTISTS HAVE DEVELOPED A SIMPLE DEVICE THAT STOPS THE PROBLEM, AND MANY OF US MAY REST EASIER BECAUSE OF IT. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VOICEOVER: MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LOSE PRECIOUS SLEEP AND RISK SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND SNORING. BUT RESEARCHERS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY HAVE DEVELOPED THE CRANIOFACIAL RISK INDEX. THE INDEX USES A SERIES OF X-RAYS TO DETERMINE WHEN BONE STRUCTURE OF THE HEAD AND FACE IS THE CAUSE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA OR SNORING. DOCTOR MARK HANS HELPED DEVELOP THE CRANIOFACIAL RISK INDEX.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

MARK HANS, D.D.S.

DIR., CWRU APNEA STUDY

(OUTCUE: "... can even lead to death.") (1:01)

VOICEOVER: IF A SLEEP DISORDER IS SUSPECTED, A PATIENT IS SENT HOME WITH A MACHINE THAT MEASURES AIRFLOW AND BREATHING DURING SLEEP. IF A DISRUPTION IN AIRFLOW IS DISCOVERED, THE PATIENT IS FITTED WITH A SIMPLE PLASTIC MOUTHPIECE THAT RESEMBLES A MOUTH GUARD WORN WHILE PLAYING SPORTS. THE MOUTHPIECE IS WORN DURING SLEEP AND BY HOLDING THE TEETH APART ALLOWS FREE AIRFLOW. IF YOU SNORE OR HAVE TROUBLE STAYING AWAKE IN DAYTIME AND SUSPECT A SLEEP DISORDER, ASK YOUR DENTIST OR DOCTOR ABOUT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA. A SIMPLE TEST AND A SIMPLE DEVICE COULD CHANGE YOUR HEALTH FOR THE BETTER.

THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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