Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD Key Takeaways CPAP helps keep airways open and prevents breathing gaps ...

Every night, millions of people stop breathing without knowing it. Not once, but sometimes hundreds of times. Their remedy? A mask, a hum and the steady whisper of pressurized air. It's not glamorous, ...

WESTCHESTER, Ill. – A study published in the June 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that longer nightly duration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use can help those suffering from ...

You may be able to treat obstructive sleep apnea with alternative therapies or devices if a CPAP machine does not work well for you. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that affects your ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Follow-up phone calls to patients newly trained on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices increased overall compliance by 10%, and resulted in as much as an hour more of ...

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