A new solution may be on the horizon for the 30 million people in the U.S. who suffer from sleep apnea. In a Finland study, a new breathing device showed promising results in reducing symptoms of the ...

Thousands of people with sleep apnea and other illnesses had sued the company, claiming flawed devices were harming them. By Christina Jewett Philips Respironics has reached a $1.1 billion settlement ...

Philips Respironics announced last Monday that it’s stopping sales of their breathing machines within the U.S. following a mid-2021 product recall. The decision, as reported by The New York Times, was ...

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 ...

Under a settlement with regulators, the company must revamp some operations before resuming sales of its CPAP and ventilator devices in the United States. By Christina Jewett Philips Respironics ...

A new survey reveals many Americans suffer from a potentially dangerous sleep disorder and aren't getting the treatment they need. March is National Sleep Month. Doctors say sleep apnea, when people ...

According to the American Medical Association, approximately 30 million Americans live with sleep apnea, a disorder characterized by irregular breathing patterns that make it difficult to achieve full ...

Around 54 million adults in the US suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep disorder that disrupts breathing during sleep, often causing loud snoring and half-conscious gasps. Not only does ...

A CPAP machine provides continuous air pressure to keep the airways open during sleep. Doctors may prescribe CPAP therapy to people who experience symptoms of sleep apnea. A continuous positive airway ...

Sleep apnea can negatively impact health and well-being, but treatment is limited to poorly tolerated positive pressure masks (CPAP) and, in the worst cases, surgery. However, in a recent trial, a ...

For decades, sleep disturbance was a punch line: the cartoon dad snoring, the disgruntled partner burying their head under a pillow. But science is beginning to paint a less jovial picture. Sleep ...