An apnea is defined as a pause in breathing for at least 10 seconds. Obstructive sleep apnea, also called OSA, ... Talk to your doctor if you experience symptoms of sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is classified into three primary types, based on the type of airflow obstruction. These are obstructive, central and mixed sleep apnea. Let’s see what each one is about.

Adenotonsillectomy resolves periodic limb movements in sleep in most children with obstructive sleep apnea, finds a new study ...

Sleep apnea affects 25 million people in the U.S. and 1.5 million in the U.K., but it’s a surprisingly difficult disorder to diagnose, considering the obvious symptoms occur when you’re asleep ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common and serious sleep disorder characterized by repeated episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep. Symptoms of OSA include loud snoring, excessive ...

But this turned out to be a misconception that hasn’t allowed us “to capture the disease accurately,” Christine Won, MD, medical director of the Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine and director of the ...

About 24 percent of men and nine percent of women in the U.S. show the breathing symptoms of sleep apnea, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Weight loss can help reduce sleep apnea symptoms and, in some cases, resolve the condition completely. Studies show that losing 10-15% of body weight can reduce the severity of sleep apnea by up ...

To evaluate racial and ethnic disparities in the association between sleep apnea symptoms and metabolic syndrome among US AYAs, researchers conducted a cross-sectional analysis using nationally ...

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 ...