A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine explores the consequences of sleep apnea on active-duty ...

And at 27 years old, Mal Parrott was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It's a medical condition that causes breathing to stop during sleep, and a recurring collapse of the upper airway ...

Sleep experts discuss mouth taping, a trend that encourages nasal breathing for better oxygen absorption and dental health, ...

But this turned out to be a misconception that hasn’t allowed us “to capture the disease accurately,” Christine Won, MD, ...

An analysis of a 1.5 million-year-old vertebra from a human relative living in what is now Israel suggests that ancient humans dispersed out of Africa is multiple waves. Researchers at UC San Diego ...

And the severe cases — when people stop breathing more than 30 times in a single hour — go up, too. "You also increase the ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common, potentially life-threatening condition. An estimated 80%-90% of Americans with OSA have not been diagnosed (Kapur, Strohl, & Redline, 2002).

Regional fat mass index (FMI), particularly abdominal FMI, is strongly associated with an increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to study results published in Metabolic Syndrome ...

HealthDay News — Both continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and tirzepatide are acceptable treatments for comorbid obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (COBOSA), with providers favoring CPAP and ...

Sleep apnea occurs in about 3 percent of normal weight individuals but affects over 20 percent of obese people, Jun says. In general, sleep apnea affects men more than women. However, sleep apnea ...

Mild sleep apnea was observed in a quarter of a group of 68 female athletes, according to findings presented Thursday at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Washington, D.C.