If the pressure is too low, snoring or sleep apnea may persist. The AHI should be as low as possible, and normal is less than 5 based on diagnostic testing. High pressures may exacerbate mask leak ...

Logistic regression analysis showed that only AHI was a predictor of daytime hypercapnia ... daytime hypercapnia may be directly linked to sleep apnea in a subgroup of patients with OSAS.

Current obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis methods, although often effective, all require the patient to be asleep ...

Researchers reviewed the literature on nocturnal mouth-taping and evaluated claims made on TikTok about the benefits of mouth-taping during sleep.

There are early and suggestive data that GLP-1 drugs reduce alcohol cravings. A large cohort of people with alcohol use ...

Adenotonsillectomy was associated with reduced healthcare utilization in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing. The findings add to the benefits seen in prior research, including improvements ...

ILI was associated with an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea, determined by a mean AHI decrease of 9.7 events per hour compared with that in the DSE patient group. Study participants with a ...

Obstructive sleep apnea or OSA affects nearly a billion people across the globe. It robs people of their sleep.

Among patients with obstructive sleep apnea using CPAP, pitolisant given at 20 mg and 40 mg reduces excessive daytime sleepiness.

"It's called GLP-1 receptor," said Dr. Atul Malhotra from the UC San Diego School of Medicine. It’s already FDA-approved to ...