In patients with high-risk obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improves cardiovascular outcomes.

“Our findings suggest that CPAP may offer long-term cardiovascular benefit in people with high-risk obstructive sleep apnea, ...

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when muscles in your throat relax and repeatedly block your airway, causing you to stop breathing as you sleep.

Regularly blowing through a conch shell for six months significantly improved sleep among a small group of people with sleep ...

Blowing a conch shell improved moderate obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in a small randomized trial. The forceful breathing ...

"I use a CPAP machine, and I thought there should be a way to always ensure power during use," said an inventor, from Riverside, Calif., "so I invented the C E G DEVICE. My design allows the machine ...

However, a significant interaction by OSA phenotype indicated that CPAP leaned toward cardiovascular benefit in the high-risk ...

Travel CPAP machines: Travel CPAP machines are small, portable and usually not covered by insurance. Beyond size, "the biggest difference might be in the humidification system," says Chervin.

A CPAP sends a constant flow of air through your airways during sleep to ensure that your throat doesn't narrow and cause the "apnea" in sleep apnea, or the brief pause in your breathing.

CPAP machines can improve sleep and mood and lower blood pressure and other heart disease risks. Despite its effectiveness, more than one-third of people who try CPAP don’t stick with it.

A CPAP machine can treat obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder which causes people to temporarily stop breathing throughout the night. But the machines, which blow air into a person's airways, take ...