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Did you ever wonder if you could die of a broken heart?  Strong emotions such as grief, anger, fear, or excitement can affect your well-being.

Heartbreak is expressed through fine art on screen, stage, and literature, as well as through music, painting, and sculptures. The fine arts often explore the highs and lows of relationships, hardships, illness, loss, and grief and the devastating impact it has on the human spirit. Many movies, paintings, and literature come to mind, reminding us that heartbreak’s timeless rendezvous with humanity is epic and spans centuries. Heartbreak is a very real and profound part of the human experience. But did you ever think there was an actual physiologic response? Art tells us so and scientists are studying the effects of a broken heart on the b

Public health advocates believe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is as severe a public health hazard as smoking. The National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research estimated that sleep apnea is responsible for 38,000 cardiovascular deaths yearly, with an associated 42 million dollars spent on related hospitalizations.

Additionally, according to the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be more prevalent than asthma and adult diabetes, affecting more than 18 million Americans. Although this is an older study, it gives clinicians valuable information to treat their patients effectively, thus increasing their quality of life.

How sleep apnea affects the heart:

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According to a 2019 study led by Dr. Ashkan Afshin, an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle:

               One of every five deaths globally is attributable to suboptimal diet, more   than any other risk factor, including tobacco.

In 2017, poor diets were responsible for 11 million deaths.

That number breaks down to 22% of all adult deaths, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause, followed by cancers and diabetes.

Additionally, a suboptimal diet resulted in 255 million