There are two primary types of sleep apnea: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA). While both conditions affect your nighttime breathing pattern, their underlying causes are ...

Central sleep apnea happens when your brain doesn’t send the right signals to the muscles that control your breathing. Obstructive sleep apnea happens when your airway narrows or becomes blocked.

This review included 30 studies to analyze the potential for prolonged life in patients who use CPAP to treat obstructive sleep apnea.

Learn how to detect sleep apnea. Recognize key signs like snoring, choking sounds, and daytime sleepiness to seek help and ...

Their findings highlight a critical window of opportunity for those diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), suggesting that starting CPAP therapy within two years of diagnosis could ...

Pollen allergies may be linked to an elevated risk for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, a study shows.

Share on Pinterest A large new study suggests that treating sleep apnea could help lower a person’s risk of Parkinson’s disease. Image credit: Alvaro Lavin/Stocksy. People with obstructive ...

Among patients with OSA, sleep surgery vs CPAP therapy or no treatment reduces the risk for motor vehicle accidents.

This study evaluates the effects of donepezil on obstructive sleep apnea in patients with Alzheimer disease. Methods: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design.Twenty-three patients with ...

March is National Sleep Month. Doctors say sleep apnea, when people temporarily stop breathing, is very common. But many people don't realize they have it, and their health could be suffering as a ...

SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Obstructive sleep apnea or OSA affects nearly 1 billion people across the globe. The condition robs people of their sleep. They stop breathing sometimes 20 to 50 ...