Emily Drayton
I Wore a Home Sleep Test for One Night to See What Sleep Apnea Actually Does
The device arrived in a padded envelope the size of a hardcover book: a nasal cannula, a chest belt, a plastic pod that clipped to the belt, and a finger sensor the shape of a large thimble.
Travel CPAP: Where the Standard Advice Holds and Where It Quietly Fails
The advice you'll hear, from your equipment supplier and from every forum thread, is reassuringly simple: buy a portable battery, pack a doctor's letter, carry the machine on the plane, and you'll…
I Tracked My CPAP Adherence Against My PTSD Symptoms for 90 Days. Here's What the Data Said.
For ninety nights I wore a sleep-tracking ring, logged a four-item symptom diary every morning before coffee, and let my CPAP machine record its own usage to the minute.
Mixed Reality (MR) Enters the Sleep Lab: How a Headset Term Became a Medical Device Question
There is a headset on a nightstand in a sleep clinic in Boston, and a clinician will tell you, without much hedging, that it is a medical device.
The Behavioral Side of Narcolepsy Treatment: What Scheduled Naps, Sleep Timing, and Light Actually Do
When someone is newly diagnosed with narcolepsy, the conversation moves fast toward prescriptions. Modafinil, sodium oxybate, pitolisant, the stimulant ladder.
Sleep Apnea Treatment: What the Number "29 Events Per Hour" Can and Can't Tell You
Most people with sleep apnea leave the clinic holding a single number. Mine was 29. Yours might be 14, or 52, or somewhere past 80.
What Your Oxygen Levels Do at Night: Sleep Apnea, Hypoxia, and the Real Reason It Matters
The most dangerous moment of sleep apnea is not when you stop breathing. It's the moment you start again. That sounds backwards, so let me earn it.
CPAP Air Travel Is Allowed — Here's How That Rule Actually Got Written
There is a specific dread that attaches to the security line when you travel with a breathing machine.
The Quiet Engineering Problem Behind CPAP Masks
Ask someone who gave up on their CPAP machine why they quit, and a surprising number will say the same thing: it was too loud.