If you’ve received a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—which causes numerous brief pauses in breathing as you sleep—your doctor has probably recommended continuous positive airway pressure ...

Over 5 million Phillips pressurized breathing machines have been recalled in the past two years. Now, Phillips can't sell them anymore. Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, ...

Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy devices are widely used to treat many of the approximately 30 million people managing sleep apnea in the United States. CPAP (Continuous positive airway pressure ...

If you've got a condition called sleep apnea or suspect you might (maybe you keep waking up in the middle of the night or often wake up in the morning with a headache), a continuous positive airway ...

A voluntary recall of millions of CPAP breathing machines, used mainly to treat sleep apnea, has many users wondering if they've been inhaling cancer-causing toxins in their sleep. At least 25 million ...

Things can become quite complicated when you’re diagnosed with sleep apnea. Different doctors prescribe and recommend various types of therapies and machines. The process of choosing the right ...

You may be able to treat obstructive sleep apnea with alternative therapies or devices if a CPAP machine does not work well for you. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that affects your ...

Jenny Shields was terrified when she would awaken coughing and spitting up phlegm seeded with black specks. “I couldn’t figure out what it was,” she said. Shields had her house checked for mold.

Philips Respironics recalled devices with sound-dampening foam that degrades and can cause health issues. Replacement or repair could take 12 months. A Philips Dreamstation C-Pap machine, one of the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have been diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. (No surprise there as symptoms were omnipresent.) CPAP machines seem incredibly uncomfortable. Are they the preferred gold standard even ...