NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly two thirds of heart patients with implanted pacemakers have undiagnosed sleep apnea, a significantly higher prevalence than found in the general population, a study ...

Sleep apnea is a condition that causes your breathing to periodically stop or become excessively shallow at night. This can happen repeatedly—up to hundreds of times per night, in short intervals ...

Around 22 million Americans have sleep apnea. Traditional continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines are the standard treatment. However, they can be loud, uncomfortable and have a pesky ...

Boston, MA - Pacemakers that contain impedance minute ventilation (MV) sensors can effectively be used to screen for nighttime respiratory events, including sleep apnea, according to a feasibility ...

TULSA, Okla. -- Curtis Bradshaw has spent his life participating in community theatre programs and proving that down syndrome doesn’t hold him back. Now, he is opening doors for people with central ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Get a good night's rest and it normally leads to a more productive, better day. However, sleep apnea stops peaceful slumber for millions of adults. Tampa General Hospital's Ear, Nose & ...

CHICAGO — Supply chain issues coupled with a massive recall of CPAP devices by one of the world’s largest manufacturers have left many people with sleep apnea looking for alternatives. For 80-year-old ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Sleep apnea, a disorder that causes repeated pauses in breathing throughout the night, currently affects about 25 million Americans. But at CHI Health St. Elizabeth, one man ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Every night for five years, Kathy Gaberson donned a facemask connected to hoses and compressed air. This continuous positive airway pressure machine, or c-pap, was the best ...

As a young physician in Sydney, Australia in 1979, Colin Sullivan conceived of an experiment to help people with nighttime breathing issues. After several months of waiting for the right patient, he ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Now, to a frequent argument in the bedroom: Be honest: Do you snore? Does your partner say you snore? Snoring is disruptive and, in some severe cases, even life-threatening.