There are three main types of sleep apnea: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea (CSA) and complex sleep apnea syndrome (CSAS). OSA, the most common form, occurs when the muscles in the ...

Obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing disorder where the airway becomes blocked during sleep, comes with numerous health risks ...

In many parts of the country, children and their parents face months-long wait times for sleep tests at labs. With obesity rising among the pediatric population, at-home sleep tests to assess sleep ...

When you have obstructive sleep apnea, parts of your airway get blocked while you snooze. Your doctor can recommend several different treatments to help you breathe -- a device called CPAP (short for ...

In under 90 minutes, a new, less invasive procedure has shown it can improve breathing in people with sleep apnea. The method ...

A middle-age woman with high blood pressure and epilepsy gained 50 lb over the course of 2 years. What was the best approach to diagnosing her problem? The solution was to sleep on it, said Nancy ...

Patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity who undergo bariatric surgery have significantly reduced risks of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality ...

Children with public insurance waited longer after initial evaluation for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) to undergo polysomnography (PSG, the gold standard diagnostic test) and also waited longer ...

DETROIT – Sleep disorders are usually underdiagnosed, particularly in underserved communities because access to sleep testing is expensive. It’s also a fact that people living in lower-income areas ...