Compared with patients with poor continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance, patients with good CPAP compliance saw improvements in lung function after 12 months. Patients with good ...

(HealthDay News) — For individuals with coexisting obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular disease, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) does not alter renal function, according to a ...

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. It's not glamorous, ...

A CPAP machine is a medical device often recommended to folks who have sleep apnea or other disruptive sleep conditions. Wearers place a mask over their nose and mouth to deliver a continuous stream ...

We talk a lot about the health risks associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). But do you know what we don’t discuss enough? The impact of sleep apnea on sex and intimacy. A lot of my patients ...

Sleep apnea can negatively impact health and well-being, but treatment is limited to poorly tolerated positive pressure masks (CPAP) and, in the worst cases, surgery. However, in a recent trial, a ...

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has started using a medical device commonly used to treat sleep apnea to help improve his sleep. Biden is using a continuous positive airway pressure machine, or CPAP, ...

Cathy Hope hit fatigue in her mid-50s. Even after her usual eight hours of sleep, every morning she awoke exhausted, and after a year, she was out of breath simply walking. At 5 feet and 98 pounds, ...