It wasn’t long ago that I thought sleep apnea occurred predominantly in overweight people who snored and probably ate too much cheese. Also called the “American Sleeping Sickness”, sleep apnea in fact is a grossly under-diagnosed illness affecting both men and women, lean and overweight, with far-reaching, serious health consequences. In fact, doctors estimate that up to eighteen million Americans have moderate to severe sleep apnea, and seventy-five percent of them do not k