While effective in treating sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are not the easiest to adapt to, which is why around 50% of those with sleep apnea give up on the ...

In a Nov. 28 safety alert, the FDA warned patients and healthcare providers to carefully monitor Philips machines used for obstructive sleep apnea after receiving reports that the machines have shown ...

So, I had a sleep study done on me a month ago, and they rescheduled me for a follow-up study which I did on Wednesday night. When I got to the hospital for the follow-up they told me that the results ...

If you’ve received a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—which causes numerous brief pauses in breathing as you sleep—your doctor has probably recommended continuous positive airway pressure ...

May 17 (UPI) --Using a CPAP machine could reduce the risk for heart attack and stroke, even among those with non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnea, according to a study presented Monday during the ...

I don’t want to be intubated. That was my main thought a few weeks ago as I lay in bed at home, having trouble breathing and watching my pulse oximeter show that my blood oxygen was under 93% when it ...

One hundred of these kits have already been distributed to New Mexico hospitals. In less than a month, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories converted 100 respiratory machines New Mexico hospitals ...

After news spread that the Italian innovation firm Isinnova successfully saved lives by 3D printing ventilator valves for its local hospital, CEO Cristian Fracassi and engineer Alessandro Romaioli ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded ...

Many 3D-printing companies wanted to join in and help. Several countries wanted to use similar technology for their populations. But, one call started a whole new project for Isinnova’s staff in ...