Insomnia and Sleep Apnea Together Heighten Heart Disease Risk in Veterans

A Yale-led study analyzing nearly 1 million post-9/11 U.S. veterans finds that having both insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (COMISA) markedly increases the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease compared with having either condition alone, underscoring the need to assess and treat sleep disorders early as part of cardiovascular risk reduction.