Sleep Apnea | Sleep Junkies

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 ... 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 t... Read More...

How sleep apnea affects women and females

Why is sleep apnea so under-diagnosed in women?

Although men are statistically more at risk of sleep apnea, women are much more likely to be misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. Men are twice as likely to be diagno... Read More...

The dangers of not cleaning your CPAP machine

Sleep apnea: 3 danger signs that your CPAP machine might be making you more ill

CPAP is the gold standard treatment for sleep apnea. But not looking after your machine could give you even more health problems. Are you part of the estimated... Read More...

Zansors wireless sleep apnea screening sensor

This startup could help millions with undiagnosed sleep apnea

Zansors hopes to be first to market with a low-cost, evidence based wearable for screening patients for sleep apnea. We talked to co-founder Abhijit Dasgupta t... Read More...

Brooklyn train crash blamed on sleep apnea

Sleep apnea linked to third New York train crash in 3 years

Could sleep apnea be to blame for yet another train crash in New York? Just a few days into 2017, the cause of a serious train crash in New York is the likely ... Read More...

Is sleep apnea always accompanied by snoring?

I don’t snore. Does this mean I don’t have sleep apnea?

Sleep apnea and snoring are often considered to go hand in hand. But can they co-exist independently? There are two types of sleep apnea - central sleep apnea,... Read More...

I just discovered my husband has sleep apnea. Now what?

"But only obese people get sleep apnea." That was my first thought when the doctor had told my husband and I that he suffers from sleep apnea. I always thoug... Read More...

ADHD or sleep apnea? Has your child been misdiagnosed?

The symptoms of ADHD and sleep apnea are strikingly similar. Are children being wrongly misdiagnosed? Approximately 11% of children in the USA have been diagno... 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-wid... 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, medical equipment has advanced significantly, making ... Read More...

CPAP advice for newbies

If you have been prescribed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat your obstructive sleep apnea, you might be slightly hesitant before beginning th... Read More...