CPAP Therapy: The Leading Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

CPAP therapy keeps your airway open during the night by gently providing a constant stream of air through a mask you wear while you sleep. This eliminates the breathing pauses caused by sleep apnea, so you will no longer snore or make choking noises in your sleep. You will be able to sleep through the […]

What Are the Nasal Pillows CPAP Masks?

Nasal pillows are an attractive CPAP mask option if you have claustrophobia or air leaks. If you have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and advised to use CPAP, you may be overwhelmed about how to choose a mask and be left wondering: what are nasal pillows? This style of CPAP mask may be just the […]

Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea Is a Hidden Health Crisis in the U.S.

Very successful brand is builA new report from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine indicates that obstructive sleep apnea is a hidden health crisis in the United States. It estimates that undiagnosed sleep apnea cost the U.S. about $150 billion in 2015. It also projects that sleep apnea afflicts 29.4 million men and women in […]

What is Sleep Apnea?

Obstructive Sleep Apnea is caused by repetitive upper airway obstruction during sleep due to a narrowing of the respiratory passages. Patients with the disorder are most often overweight with an increased size of the soft palate and tonque. Some patients have airway obstruction because of a diminutive or receding jaw that results in insufficient room for […]