A sleep specialist and an endocrinologist discuss ways to engage patients in difficult conversations and shared decision-making to better manage the related conditions of sleep apnea and obesity.

Instead of a bulky CPAP machine, Inspire is a small device that’s placed under the skin, kind of like a pacemaker, that helps ...

The Inspire procedure is an advanced outpatient treatment that uses a small implant to gently stimulate airway muscles during ...

Inspire Medical, developer of a pacemaker-like device for treating sleep apnea is hiring two senior medical directors.

With a long list of successful procedures, published research and leadership positions on his resume, Dr. Rizwan Aslam could ...

What Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea? Obstructive sleep apnea is when ... expert can decide which type of device may be best for you. Surgery. This is for people who have extra or uneven tissue ...

Children with sleep-disordered breathing had lower health care use after tonsil removal. Those who had surgery had fewer skin- or pain-related conditions, likely because of decreased inflammation.

Home CPAP device maker Resmed is launching a small, disposable wearable to help diagnose cases of obstructive sleep apnea. The NightOwl testing device, about the size of a quarter, is worn on the ...

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital announced a major milestone in sleep apnea treatment, as Dr. Andrew Vaughn, Otolaryngologist, has successfully performed 50 Inspire implant procedures. Inspire ...

The experts consulted for this story do not necessarily endorse the products ahead unless otherwise noted. Sleep apnea — a disorder in which one’s breathing is interrupted for seconds or minutes at a ...

Eric Fulk, the chief of the Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District, said he had been fighting sleep apnea for a long time before being introduced to a new device called Inspire Therapy, which ...

Researchers found evidence for reduced risk of dying from all causes and cardiovascular disease when OSA patients were treated with CPAP versus non-CPAP users. Patients with obstructive sleep ...