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How a ‘vacuum cleaner turned the other way’ became a popular solution to snoring disorders

By Natasha May Health reporter

Cpap machines were once used only for severe sleep apnoea but sleep medicine physicians say there has been a rise in prescribing for milder cases Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When Nick went camping in the summer with friends, he would set up his tent 100 metres away from the group. “It became a bit that I did,” says Nick. As early as his teenage years, he learned to use humour to cope with what was immediately a social problem: the “cacophony” of his snoring. Sign up for the ...