😴 If you snore loudly, wake up exhausted no matter how long you sleep, or feel foggy all day, this is your sign to get checked. Shaquille O'Neal thought it was just part of being a big guy. A Harvard sleep study told him otherwise. O'Neal was diagnosed with moderate obstructive sleep apnea, a condition where breathing stops and restarts dozens or even hundreds of times per night. He told doctors he was "always tired during the daytime" and just assumed that was his normal. It was not his normal. It was a medical condition that was quietly damaging his heart, his metabolism, and his brain. What you need to know: → Untreated sleep apnea raises the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes → Black adults are disproportionately affected and less likely to be diagnosed because symptoms get dismissed → CPAP therapy, weight management, and lifestyle changes can dramatically improve symptoms → A sleep study, done at home or in a lab, is the only way to know f...