Rick Perry's Not Alone! 7 Famous Faces Who Share His Sleep Disorder

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Rick Perry's Not Alone! 7 Famous Faces Who Share His Sleep Disorder You (don't) snooze, you lose. The 53-second "oops" heard 'round the world -- when Rick Perry hesitated and then admitted that he couldn't remember the third government agency he'd eliminate as president -- may have been caused by severe sleep deprivation from insomnia and sleep apnea, according to a new book, Reuters reports. Sleep apnea is a chronic condition that can cause shallow breathing, or even a stop in breathing, during sleep, according to the NIH. Left untreated, the condition can lead to a host of serious medical problems, including high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and diabetes. According to the report, Perry's sleep apnea had gone undiagnosed for years, but a machine ultimately helped him to, quite literally, breathe easier in his sleep. Perry certainly isn't alone -- he joins more than 18 million Americans who struggle with sleep apnea, including some other famous faces. How To Have A Safe And Healthy Yom Kippur Fast 19 Reasons To Smile This Fall The Key To A Heart-Healthy Fish Is... How To Do The Perfect (Assisted) Pull-Up BLOG POSTS Luminita Daniela Saviuc: The Top 10 Most Valuable Life Lessons Do you ever stop to observe your own thoughts and behaviors, to observe yourself and your life? Do you ever wonder why you are doing whatever it is that you are doing? Meghan Keener: Maintaining Mindfulness In A Digital World In his book Hamlet's Blackberry, author William Powers gives us tips from the pages of history for navigating the virtual world with grace. Here are my favorites. Tara Brach: How To Accept What Is Sometimes when I talk about "Radical Acceptance," I like to tell the story about Jacob, a man who, at almost 70 and in the mid-stages of Alzheimer's disease, attended a 10-day retreat I was leading. Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D.: 7 Steps To Healthy Weight Loss, Without Dieting Misinformation about weight loss abounds, and anyone who's tried to diet knows it. We begin strict diets with the best of intentions, but they ultimately result in feelings of failure as we boomerang back to our original weight, or -- even worse -- gain more.

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