February was heart month, and this is another column in a series about the primary risk factors for heart disease. Sleep apnea refers to periodic absence of breathing during sleep. There are two types ...

The American Medical Association reports that about 30 million people in the US live with sleep apnea, but only one-fifth of these cases are clinically diagnosed. That means that many people are ...

You can live for years with obstructive sleep apnea and never know it. The condition repeatedly narrows your upper airway during sleep. That can break up your rest, strain your body, and lower oxygen ...

Along with diet and exercise, sleep is the third pillar of health. And frankly, a good night's sleep is often the answer to whatever ails you. But for 30 million people in the United States, sleep ...

With appropriate introduction of oral appliance therapy, more patients are seeing success in navigating sleep disorders and other comorbidities.

"We have come to understand that sleep is really intertwined with the neurological processes driving Alzheimer's and similar dementias," said Dr. Alberto Ramos, research director of the Sleep ...

The link between OSA and headaches is well established. “Morning headaches have long been recognized as a marker for sleep apnea,” says Avram Gold, MD, director of the sleep medicine fellowship at the ...

When most people think about sleep apnea, I’d assume they think of snoring. Snoring is just one type of sleep apnea that most often can be remedied. However, there is another type of sleep apnea that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large Canadian aging cohort found that high sleep apnea risk was linked with higher odds of depression and psychological ...