Elderly tailors play mah-jongg on green-felted tables, while others watch television or lie snoring in the heat.

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The oral version was mercifully shorter, but still left senators either snoring or scratching their heads.

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As the body notices that it needs oxygen, it tries to take in a large amount of air, causing a gasping, snoring or snorting sound.

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Perhaps the most important thing to be aware of when it comes to snoring is a condition called obstructive sleep apnea, where loud snoring is paired with gasps for air or pauses in breathing for more than about 15 seconds.

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Previously it had been thought that problems such as snoring were probably due to factors such as being overweight, or sleeping in the wrong position.

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Hence the conclusion that snoring is also a tip-off to coronary artery disease, or CAD.

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New research conducted by otolaryngologists at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit finds that snoring is a bigger risk factor for stroke and heart attack than smoking, being overweight, or high cholesterol.

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