Will Medicare cover your CPAP therapy?
Does Medicare cover CPAP therapy? CPAP stands for continuous positive airway pressure. A CPAP machine uses positive pressure air delivered into your airways at night to help you literally breathe … Read more
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder that affects millions. Find out more about obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the best treatments.
These apnea patients watched video footage of themselves sleeping. What they saw terrified them.
Somewhere between 18 to 22 million Americans suffer from some type of sleep apnea, yet the condition still remains largely undiagnosed. Most people assume only overweight men suffer from sleep … Read more
Beyond CPAP – alternative sleep apnea treatments explained
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition which interrupts your natural sleep cycles due to an obstruction in your airway. While many people see snoring as the worst side-effect of … Read more
Why is sleep apnea so under-diagnosed in women?
Men are twice as likely to be diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than women, but it’s by no means an exclusively male phenomenon. A 2013 study found that women … Read more
3 danger signs your CPAP machine might be making you ill
Are you part of the estimated 46 million people in the U.S. affected by sleep apnea? Do you use a CPAP machine for treatment but have found yourself using your … Read more
I don’t snore. Does this mean I don’t have sleep apnea?
There are two types of sleep apnea – central sleep apnea, and obstructive sleep apnea, but when it comes to snoring, obstructive sleep apnea is generally the culprit. But is this always … Read more
ADHD or sleep apnea? Has your child been misdiagnosed?
Approximately 11% of children in the USA have been diagnosed with ADHD, but what if it’s not actually ADHD? What if something else entirely was responsible for these kids’ behavior? … Read more
Sleep apnea is a ‘big’ problem for kids too
It’s fairly well known that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in adults. What many of us don’t know is that it’s also is becoming a big problem world-wide for children. … Read more
How sleep apnea testing came home
Diagnosing sleep apnea used to be something you could only do in a sleep clinic, but in the last 10 years, technology has advanced significantly, making home testing a reliable, affordable and … Read more
Sleep apnea and upper-airway stimulation
Compliance. It’s not a term that evokes positive emotions, but it has major implications across most medical treatments. The positive clinical results that are often reported in the media, typically … Read more
