Nearly 31 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, cigars, or use vaping products. Many don’t realize how their habit affects their sleep. The progression from occasional snoring to diagnosed ...

Sleep diaries and online tools are available for patients to do preliminary work toward a sleep disorder diagnosis.

Do you feel tired or have a headache when you wake up in the morning? Something might be going wrong while you sleep that you don't know about: obstructive sleep apnea (pronounced app-nee-uh). The ...

Left untreated, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can have short- and long-term effects on your brain, from memory and learning to cognitive functions.

By Hugo Francisco de Souza New clinical trial evidence suggests targeting both obesity and sleep-disordered breathing ...

Maybe you know you snore like a bear, but you don’t feel much urgency to look into it. Or maybe you have been told to wear a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine for sleep apnea, but ...

In under 90 minutes, a new, less invasive procedure has shown it can improve breathing in people with sleep apnea. The method ...

People with obesity who received the weight-loss drug Zepbound had fewer obstructive sleep apnea events, or episodes of stopped breathing during sleep. The research by drug maker Eli Lilly included ...

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has indicated that an estimated 26 percent of adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years have sleep apnea. (Photo: Getty) You could say that it’s difficult to ...

Hot nights are disruptive to our natural sleep rhythms. The data shows a 45% increase in episodes of sleep apnea on the hottest days when compared to the cooler ones. The study found a combination of ...

Sleep apnea may worsen fatty liver disease, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), by lowering oxygen levels at night. This can trigger chronic inflammation and ...

Researchers at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa found that high risk of obstructive sleep apnea was associated with approximately 40% higher odds of a composite poor mental ...