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The Best CPAP Machines for Sleep Apnea Best Overall CPAP Machine: ResMed AirSense 10 CPAP The quietest CPAP machine: Z2 Auto Travel CPAP Bes...

Serotonin is a chemical that carries messages between nerve cells in the brain and throughout the body. Serotonin plays a key role in body functions such as mood, sleep, digestion, nausea, wound healing, bone health, blood clotting, and libido. Serotonin levels that are too low or too high can lead to physical and mental health problems.

What is tonsil hypertrophy? Tonsillar hypertrophy is the medical term for persistent enlargement of the tonsils. The tonsils are two small glands ...

Sleep apnea (sleep apnea) is a group of sleep disorders that cause you to have frequent breathing pauses during sleep. The most common type is ob...

Research points to a strong link between obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation. Learn why treating both conditions is crucial.

First: What is bradycardia? It may not be a term you hear every day, but in medical diagnosis and research, bradycardia is often associated with s...

Doctors have been recommending CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines for 25 years. They are almost ubiquitous in the battle with slee...

If you get the recommended amount of sleep—seven to nine hours a night—you'll spend one-third of your time asleep. While that may seem like a long time, your mind and body are busy during that time so you can stay productive, energized, and healthy during your waking hours. Sleep is divided into five stages, alternating between non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM), including drowsiness, light sleep, moderate to deep sleep, deep sleep, and dreaming. Experts recommend adults get 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night. New research aims to determine not just how much total sleep you need, but how much sleep you need in each sleep stage.

Smoking and sleep apnea It’s no secret that smoking can seriously affect your health, but if sleep apnea is also present, the consequences can be ...

A person's blood oxygen level indicates how well the body distributes oxygen from the lungs to the cells.
If someone's blood oxygen level is below 60 mm Hg, not enough oxygen may be reaching the body's vital organs. This may cause symptoms such as shortness of breath and dizziness.
This article explains what normal blood oxygen levels are, what happens when blood oxygen is low, how to measure blood oxygen, and more.

Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive way to monitor a person's blood oxygen saturation. Peripheral oxygen saturation (SPÒ 2) readings are typically acc...

One of the most common sleep disorders among people with sleep disorders is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is diagnosed with a test called a nighttime sleep study, which records the body's activity during sleep. A sleep study can provide doctors with important information about a person's sleep cycle, including how often and how long they have pauses in breathing (called apneas). One of the most important measurements is a person's oxygen levels during different stages of sleep. When levels fall below what the body needs to function properly, it's called oxygen desaturation. Not only does this tell doctors the severity of OSA, but it can also predict future health problems.