Sleep apnea used to be managed by puncturing the neck, but treatments for the common condition in the near-future promise to be far less intrusive. Reading time 6 minutes Snoring is routinely a ...

Share on Pinterest A large new study suggests that treating sleep apnea could help lower a person’s risk of Parkinson’s disease. Image credit: Alvaro Lavin/Stocksy. People with obstructive sleep apnea ...

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 ...

A Spanish trial finds positional therapy improves positional sleep apnea, is better tolerated than CPAP, and maintains benefits in many patients after treatment ends.

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who were prescribed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) had a 26% lower risk for mortality than patients with T2D not ...

People with obstructive sleep apnea have an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, but if started early enough, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may reduce that risk, according to a ...

The FDA announced that recalled CPAP and BiPAP machines have been tied to hundreds of deaths. The CPAP and BiPAP machines were initially recalled in June 2021. CPAP and BiPAP machines are both worn at ...

Testing for a new sleep apnea drug has proven exceptionally successful. Not only has the drug allowed some patients to abandon their CPAP machines entirely, but it has also helped boost weight loss ...

A retrospective analysis of 1,575 patients drawn from a national cardiometabolic registry found that treating obstructive ...

People with obstructive sleep apnea face elevated rates of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular death, yet treating the ...