Sleep apnea causes low oxygen and high carbon dioxide levels during sleep, which raises stress hormone levels, blood pressure, and heart rate.

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• Person: Lawrence Epstein Organization: Harvard Health Publishing
  How sleep deprivation can harm your health - Harvard Health

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• How sleep deprivation can harm your health - Harvard Health www.health.harvard.edu Lawrence Epstein · Harvard Health Publishing via serper

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• sleep apnea concept
• stress hormones concept
• carbon dioxide concept
• heart rate concept
• blood pressure concept
• oxygen concept