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" The British Lung Foundation has announced a new initiative to increase awareness of obstructive sleep apnoea, a disorder in which a person&amp;#039;s airway collapses while they are asleep. Over one million people in the UK are thought to suffer from the sleep disorder, but just ten per cent of those affected are aware of their condition. To address the issue, the British Lung Foundation has teamed up with sleep therapy solutions provider Philips Respironics to form a three-year programme. During the course of the programme, experts hope to raise public awareness and improve diagnosis of the disorder. Dame Helena Shovelton, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, said that obstructive sleep apnoea can affect people&amp;#039;s health, as well as reducing their ability to work and increasing their risk of fatigue and accidents. &amp;#039;Many thousands of people suffer from this condition, yet few people are diagnosed,&amp;#039; she revealed. &amp;#039;We&amp;#039;re delighted to be working in this area of health as it has been an ambition of ours for some time.&amp;#039; Obstructive sleep apnoea can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity and type-2 diabetes, so management of the condition is important. Treatments include lifestyle changes, such as losing weight and giving up smoking, and a therapy called continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), in which the patient uses special breathing apparatus while they are asleep. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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