"High clinical suspicion is important for this population of patients. Since muscular dystrophy is progressive in nature, monitoring disease progression in these patients is critical for timing ...

A Canadian multicenter study of 115 children shows that new CHEST guideline criteria and REM-sleep-specific measures detect ...

Sleep-related hypoventilation is a breathing-related disorder that interrupts normal sleep. This condition may be diagnosed when all other sleep disorders have been ruled out, though it may appear ...

In patients with predominantly severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), treatment with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy was associated with clinically ...

Can sleep apnea kill you? It’s unlikely, but there are health risks ...

For millions of people living with atrial fibrillation, a dangerous and often hidden companion goes undetected night after ...

A new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine establishes clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults. The guideline, which ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Common symptoms of sleep apnea include loud snoring, gasping for air during the night ...

A subcommittee for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently developed an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This is a proof-of-concept study. More adults with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome had decreased sleep-related ...