In 2023, Mitchell Miller, a sleep medicine doctor based in Clearwater, Florida, received a visit from an unusual patient. While Miller is accustomed to seeing people with sleep apnea—a persistent ...

Snoring, a common nighttime noise, isn't always indicative of sleep apnea. While occasional snoring is often harmless, frequent loud snoring accompanied by breathing pauses, gasping, or excessive ...

Zepbound (tirzepatide) is a brand-name injection prescribed for treating sleep apnea. This article covers topics such as side effects, dosage, and how Zepbound works. Zepbound is available in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research also suggests untreated sleep apnea is linked to a heightened risk of Parkinsons disease, a movement disorder ...

This week, Mad in America examines recent antidepressant research questioning withdrawal severity, a study of unsupported ...

Insulin resistance, obesity, age, and hormones may increase your risk of developing co-occurring PCOS and sleep apnea. But researchers still aren’t sure of the exact cause. These conditions co-occur ...

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 ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

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 ...

Sleep apnea is a condition that causes breathing to stop and start repeatedly while sleeping. It may occur up to 400 times per night, with each pause lasting 10 seconds or longer. There are two main ...