Snoring is called potentially serious health risk (NY Times Mayo 27- 1986)

Philadelphia symposium May 26-1986

Snoring once considered little more than an amusing social nuisance, is now increasingly recognized as a sign of serious medical problem in some snorers, according with experts.

In this article was mentioned that according with studies, snoring attributes primarily to poor muscle tone in the pharynx, palate and tongue, with the result that the airway tube becomes flabby and collapses into itself, much as the neck of a balloon might collapse.

According with DR. Mitler, was two large epidemiologic studies in those days, one in Italy another in Finland and have linked snoring with high blood pressure. (NY Times May 27, 1986)