Every night, millions of people stop breathing without knowing it. Not once, but sometimes hundreds of times. Their remedy? A mask, a hum and the steady whisper of pressurized air. It's not glamorous, ...

A CPAP machine is a medical device often recommended to folks who have sleep apnea or other disruptive sleep conditions. Wearers place a mask over their nose and mouth to deliver a continuous stream ...

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.

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.

Custom-fitted oral appliances reduce airway obstruction by physically repositioning the lower jaw or tongue forward during sleep. While CPAP machines generally lower the apnea-hypopnea index more ...