CPAP machines help people with trouble breathing, but they aren't made to replace ventilators. Here's how they compare.

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Key Takeaways Use a chin strap with your CPAP machine to keep your mouth closed and ...

People with obstructive sleep apnea may have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, but early use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy could help lower that risk. A ...

Sleep apnea affects more than 30 million Americans, making it one of the most prevalent sleep disorders in the United States. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy has emerged as the ...

Recent findings suggest that a personalized approach to recommending CPAP machines to patients with obstructive sleep apnea may decrease adverse cardiovascular events. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For changes in office blood pressure from baseline to 6 months, researchers found significant drops among those ...

At the LifeBridge Health ENT Sinus & Allergy Center, Dr. Alpen Patel helps patients get to the root of disrupted sleep. With ...

2. Assess the patient’s response to therapy. Follow-up assessments are essential to identifying potential barriers to effective therapy, optimizing the therapeutic response, achieving better outcomes, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An OSA-related heart rate response greater than 9.4 bpm or hypoxic burden greater than 87.1% minutes/hour ...

OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice. Today, Dr Zoe helps a reader who suffers from ...

Many people have difficulty tolerating CPAP and don’t stick with it ... there’s a roughly 7 percent drop in AHI. But more research on using these meds for obstructive sleep apnea is needed.