CPAP machines help people with trouble breathing, but they aren't made to replace ventilators. Here's how they compare.

As a young physician in Sydney, Australia in 1979, Colin Sullivan conceived of an experiment to help people with nighttime breathing issues. After several months of waiting for the right patient, he ...

If you've got a condition called sleep apnea or suspect you might (maybe you keep waking up in the middle of the night or often wake up in the morning with a headache), a continuous positive airway ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Rather than weight loss and surgery, getting a CPAP machine has been the top go-to treatment for people with a severe snoring disorder called sleep apnea. But after the Food and ...

Twenty-five million—that’s the number of adults in the U.S. suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a condition that can range from mild difficulty breathing during sleep to a fatal condition, ...

An evidence review published in the European Heart Journal indicates use of a CPAP machine by sleep apnea patients might increase risk of heart attack, stroke and heart-related death. Photo by Adobe ...

Dear Savvy Senior: I’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea and have been trying to use a CPAP device for the past six months but can’t tolerate it. Are there any alternative treatment options? — Sleepy ...

Experts say that if the new drug gets approved, it may lead to a big shift in how we treat the condition. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Tens of millions of people in the United States struggle with ...

The pill showed "significant" reductions in airway obstruction after 26 weeks. The first oral pill for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) could be around the corner after pharmaceutical company Apnimed Inc ...