Telehealth is a hot topic. Although its recent rise is partially linked with the decline in in-person visits during the coronavirus pandemic, telehealth has in fact been heralded as the ‘next big thing’ in healthcare for more than a decade. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has announced its commitment to advancing the use…
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is considered the gold standard for treating sleep apnea (especially obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA). However, while some people take to this therapy just fine, it may be more problematic for others. Here’s a guide to 6 key complaints from CPAP users and some basic solutions, divided into a…
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Some of the more important parts of sleep apnea machines are not typically noticed during their use. The filters (there are two) ensure that the air used in continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is safe and healthy to breathe. If you’ve ever changed a filter anywhere else from an air conditioning unit, a whole…
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Getting to know your CPAP therapy can be awkward and uncomfortable, just like it can be when you are getting to know a perfect stranger. However, the benefits to a positive relationship with your sleep apnea treatment far outweigh the risks of untreated sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep disorder that…
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Critical to using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the way your mask fits. A leaking CPAP mask compromises the quality of your treatment; optimal therapy depends on a secure seal between the mask and the face. Leaks out of the tops, the sides, or the bottoms of masks…
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Whether you’ve been newly diagnosed with sleep apnea, or you are in the market for a new CPAP mask, you still need to find a mask that fits you correctly and feels good. This means you need one that prevents air from leaking and one that you can put on night after night and feel…
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After insomnia, sleep apnea is the most common sleep disorder in the US, affecting nearly 20 million Americans. As much as10 percent of the entire US adult population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the most common form of sleep apnea. Anywhere between 40 and 80 percent of people with OSA may not even know…
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When fall arrives in the Pacific Northwest, it comes wrapped in a dark, gray, wet blanket. Take one quick look outside. Yes, unfortunately, the dark season is here. We’ve all got names for the general drop in energy and enthusiasm we experience to some degree when the seasons change: “winter depression,” “winter blues,” “seasonal depression,”…
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“Melatonin use among adults in the United States more than doubled between 2007 and2012,” with over 3 million people currently taking the supplement. This substance has recently gained attention as the subject of new research for applications that include more than just sleep health. But what is it, exactly? What is melatonin? Melatonin is a…
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And in many ways, that’s not an unrealistic conclusion, given what we know about sleep breathing disorders and how they systemically influence all the different biological processes we undergo as human beings. But is it true that untreated sleep apnea can compromise the body so much that it creates the proper conditions for supporting the…
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According to statistics from the 2015 Sleep in America Poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation: Nearly a quarter of those who suffer with chronic pain report higher stress levels Nearly half of those who suffer with chronic pain experience problems at work due to pain-related sleep loss People who suffer with chronic pain lose…
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