Cpap’s effect isn’t limited to the upper airway; it also influences how the chest muscles work during breathing. By keeping ...

Every night, millions of people stop breathing without knowing it. Not once, but sometimes hundreds of times. Their remedy? A mask, a hum and the steady whisper of pressurized air.

Doctors favor treatment with continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines, researchers are slated to report this week at a meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Sleep specialists say that sleep apnea is on the rise across the country and can come with a slew of health risks. Mal ...

Rising temperatures, amplified by climate change, are contributing to an increase in cases of sleep apnea, according to a new ...

Over 104 million Indians suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, a common condition causing loud snores. This disorder has a ...

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While the CPAP machine is the most effective way to treat sleep apnea, some patients, like David Cotter, can’t tolerate the mask that users have to wear at night.

At first glance, these seem clownish and fantastical, but after watching dozens of them, I felt a stirring. I have a weak ...