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Sleep Disorders
June 2026 · 5 min
I Stopped Calling It Snoring: Living Beside Central Sleep Apnea
The loudest sleep apnea is the easy one. The dangerous one is quiet. That sentence sounds backwards, and for the first month I lived beside it I would have argued with it.
By Rachel Stanton · Read →
Sleep Apnea
June 2026 · 5 min
Sleep Apnea in Women Doesn't Snore the Way the Textbook Says
The advice is familiar enough to recite from memory. Watch for loud snoring. Watch for the partner who stops breathing, then gasps.
By Judith Hawthorn · Read →
Sleep Apnea
June 2026 · 10 min
Why Does Your Throat Close at Night? Understanding Obstructive Sleep Apnea From the Inside Out
Patients ask it more often than you'd think, usually in a lowered voice, as if the question itself is embarrassing: If I stop breathing in my sleep — really stop — why don't I just die?
By Laura Pendleton · Read →
Sleep Apnea
June 2026 · 5 min
Sleep Apnea Risk Factors: What the Tape Measure Around Your Neck Actually Tells You
A man with a 17-inch neck and a woman with a 16-inch neck are, statistically, more likely to stop breathing in their sleep.
By Laura Pendleton · Read →
Sleep Apnea
June 2026 · 10 min
Sleep Apnea, Defined: What the Word Actually Means and How We Decided It Mattered
There is a number sitting underneath the diagnosis of sleep apnea, and most people who get the diagnosis never hear it. The number is five.
By Diane Norwood · Read →
Sleep Apnea
June 2026 · 10 min
I Took Both Sleep Apnea Tests: A Patient's Field Notes on the Diagnostic Pathway
If you wake up tired after eight hours in bed, snap at people before noon, and lose the thread of sentences halfway through, a sleep apnea diagnosis is the thing standing between you and an…
By Daniel Whitfield · Read →
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