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Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder that fragments the night for millions; find CPAP reviews, AHI guides, mask-fit notes, and science on daytime fatigue.

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CPAP June 2026 · 5 min

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.

By Emily Drayton · Read →
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Sleep Apnea June 2026 · 10 min

Sleep Apnea Causes: Why "Lose Weight and It'll Go Away" Is Only Half True

You have probably heard the short version. Somebody snores, somebody stops breathing in the night, and the advice arrives almost before the diagnosis does: lose some weight and it'll clear up.

By Natalie Forsythe · Read →
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CPAP June 2026 · 5 min

Why CPAP Therapy Dries You Out — and the Physiology of Fixing It

A machine that saves your life shouldn't make you dread bedtime. But for a large share of people who start CPAP therapy, that's the bargain on offer: fewer apneas, deeper sleep, a heart that stops…

By Claire Munroe · Read →
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Sleep Apnea June 2026 · 5 min

Sleep Apnea Is Not Really a Sleep Problem

Obstructive sleep apnea is filed in the wrong drawer. We call it a sleep disorder, treat it in sleep clinics, and measure it in events per hour of sleep.

By Thomas Greenwood · Read →
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Sleep Apnea June 2026 · 5 min

I Tried Three Ways to Screen for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Before My Sleep Study. Only One Was Honest.

Five events an hour. That is the line a sleep physician draws between "fine" and "you have obstructive sleep apnea" — five breathing interruptions per hour of sleep, each at least ten seconds long, is…

By Megan Caldwell · Read →
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Sleep Apnea June 2026 · 5 min

I Wore a Home Sleep Test for Three Nights: What Obstructive Sleep Apnea Actually Looks Like on a Chart

My wife has told me for years that I stop breathing in my sleep. I assumed she was exaggerating, the way you do when someone interrupts an argument with your own snoring.

By James Hartley · Read →