Apnea means a pause in a baby's breathing lasting more than 20 seconds, often causing bradycardia, or a slow heartbeat. Apnea and bradycardia are common in premature babies because their nervous ...

Sleep apnea often goes undetected, but it can have a serious impact on your health. Here are the top symptoms and risk factors to be aware of. Annie Miller is a licensed psychotherapist in private ...

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 ...

Sleep apnea is a condition that causes your breathing to periodically stop or become excessively shallow at night. This can happen repeatedly—up to hundreds of times per night, in short intervals ...

Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder in which people stop breathing for 10 seconds or more at a time. Snoring can be a key sign of obstructive sleep apnea — but at some point in our ...

If a traditional CPAP machine isn't for you, you might consider the Inspire sleep apnea device as an alternative treatment option. Here's what you need to know. Taylor Leamey wrote about all things ...