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It’s been a distressing few days for Carmen Renderos and her family in Edmonton. Last week, her 93-year-old mother, Virginia Chacon, was admitted to the University of Alberta Hospital after a bad fall. “We called the ambulance and we thought she had a fracture or something,” Renderos said. At first, …

With hot weather in the forecast this week, many people are spending their nights tossing, turning and sweating.  That’s because a person’s body temperature naturally drops while they sleep, said Dr. Paul Teman. “If it’s hot, it kind of goes against that normal pattern,” said Teman, a sleep specialist with Medsleep …

After several flight delays, passengers flying out of Toronto’s Pearson airport were given mats and left to sleep on the floor when their flights to Winnipeg were eventually cancelled — and many said the airline didn’t offer proper accommodations at all. Fatima Sherefa, 17, was flying back from a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. She was told …

Children with sleep apnea have an increased risk of developing high blood pressure in their teens, a new study has found. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease. Sleep apnea is a common disorder that causes people to briefly stop breathing during sleep. It typically happens …