A nighttime nasal spray may offer a new way to ease sleep apnea and lower blood pressure, according to Australian researchers. Sleep apnea disrupts breathing during sleep when airways become too ...

April 23 -- TUESDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery to remove nasal obstructions improves quality of life for people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and reduces symptoms of nasal ...

A drug in development for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has shown promising results, after researchers from Flinders University tested the treatment in people for the first time. Designed to ...

Untreated sleep apnea can increase the chance of having high blood pressure and risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, as well as putting patients at risk for work-related accidents and ...

Published in the journal Chest, the study tested the drug on 12 people with OSA using either nasal drops, a nasal spray or via direct application using an endoscope, versus a placebo.

In children with obstructive sleep apnea condition, use of flucticasone furoate nasal spray appears to reduce the production of certain inflammatory cell proteins, reveals report.

Nasal insufflation was associated with a decrease in the mean apnea–hypopnea index from 28 ± 5 to 10 ± 3 events per hour (P < .01) and with a decrease in the respiratory arousal index from 18 ...

Sleep Apnea Alternatives, Minus the CPAP Mask Implants, Nasal Attachments and Other Substitutes for the Most Common Treatment By Andrea Petersen Aug. 26, 2013 7:09 pm ET Share ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep apnea caused by obstruction of the airway. It is characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. These episodes, called apneas (literally ...

President Biden has sleep apnea and occasionally uses a breathing device to help his sleep, aides said Wednesday. What is sleep apnea and how is it treated?