Scripps Physician Pens Column on Sleep Apnea and Diabetes

Scripps Health.
2015-06-17T15:18:03-07:00

A recent column by a Scripps Health expert Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, explores the relationship between diabetes and sleep apnea.

More than 50 percent of people with type 2 diabetes also have sleep apnea

It’s not uncommon for people with type 2 diabetes to also suffer from sleep apnea.

Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, an endocrinologist and corporate vice president for the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, explored the relationship between these conditions in a recent column published by Everyday Health.

Read the Everyday Health column: Living With Diabetes? Sleep Apnea May Be Harming Your Health
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