Sleep apnea, sleep-disordered breathing, and intermittent hypoxia have been identified and linked in latest research to almost all major fatal medical conditions, from heart attack, stroke, diabetes, COPD cancer, and major depressive disorders.

Current main-stream treatment options are unsatisfactory, and the entire world is looking for a better or best solution.

This market is one of the most explosive and largely untapped markets.

SleepApneaUSA.net, founded by Dr. Jin Zhou, relied upon the latest research and clinically developed ZHT - Zhou's Hypoxicology Therapy to discover a possible cure for sleep apnea and provide an alternative care to those who can't tolerate CPAP,"sleeping mask".

This web site is mainly for visionary investors, strategic business partners and concerned healthcare providers.

Health, United States, 2005 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans (12/2005)
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Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2003 (2/2005)
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Leading Causes of Death
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The New England Journal of Medicine

November 10, 2005

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Central Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure
T. D. Bradley and Others

Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Stroke and Death
H. K. Yaggi and Others

Mechanisms of Disease: Acute Oxygen-Sensing Mechanisms
E. K. Weir, J. López-Barneo, K. J. Buckler, and S. L. Archer

Sleep — A New Cardiovascular Frontier
V. K. Somers

Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2003
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"Causes of death

The 15 leading causes (table B) remainedthe same for 2002 and 2003 except that Assault (homicide)dropped out of the 15 leading causes in 2003 and Parkinson’s disease entered the list as the 14th leading cause. The 15 leading causes of death in 2003 were as follows:

1) Diseases of heart;
2) Malignant neoplasms;
3) Cerebrovascular diseases;
4) Chronic lower respiratory diseases;
5) Accidents (unintentional injuries);
6) Diabetes mellitus;
7) Influenza and pneumonia;
8) Alzheimer’s disease;
9) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis;
10) Septicemia;
11) Intentional self-harm (suicide);
12) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis;
13) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease;
14) Parkinson’s disease;
15) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids."