For decades, cumbersome CPAP machines have been the primary way to help people with sleep apnea. A range of new options has recently come into focus.

(Tim Kitchen/Getty Images) Sleeping with a clunky breathing machine is a problem for many with sleep apnea, but a more comfortable alternative is on the horizon. In a recent clinical drug trial that ...

A nerve stimulator implant called Inspire is helping some sleep apnea patients breathe normally at night when a CPAP machine is not an effective treatment.

A European clinical trial found that the drug sulthiame significantly reduced breathing interruptions in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. Patients taking higher doses experienced up to 47% ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors favor treatment with continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines, researchers are slated to report this week at ...

Esther Rodriguez Villegas, a professor at Imperial College London and founder of the London-based medical technology company Acurable, is sharing common health and well-being issues that can result ...

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has shown that having both insomnia and sleep apnea may dramatically raise the risk of hypertension and heart disease. The ...

NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) --Sufferers of sleep apnea may be more likely to experience memory or thinking problems, a new preliminary study suggests. The research, based on a nationally representative ...

Study finds link between obesity, apnea and cognitive problems in children. Nov. 4, 2011— -- Obesity, sleep apnea and behavior and learning difficulties can cause significant dysfunction in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- All week, ABC13 is helping you get better sleep. On Tuesday, we are talking about a potentially life-threatening disease that affects millions of Americans, but only a small ...

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