Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD Key Takeaways Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the upper airway gets blocked ...

Over 70 million Americans wear digital activity trackers (DATs) to record their sleep, steps and heart rate. A new study from Scripps Research found that these devices could also provide insight into ...

Maybe you know you snore like a bear, but you don’t feel much urgency to look into it. Or maybe you have been told to wear a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine for sleep apnea, but ...

For decades, sleep disturbance was a punch line: the cartoon dad snoring, the disgruntled partner burying their head under a pillow. But science is beginning to paint a less jovial picture. Sleep ...

Everyone knows the feeling: tossing and turning during a hot, sticky night when sleep feels impossible. It's hard for anyone to sleep well when it's hot out. And the disruptions are growing, ...

Complications of sleep apnea can range from high blood pressure to heart problems and diabetes. But emerging research suggests that sleep apnea can sometimes trigger migraine episodes. Sleep apnea is ...

In 2023, Mitchell Miller, a sleep medicine doctor based in Clearwater, Florida, received a visit from an unusual patient. While Miller is accustomed to seeing people with sleep apnea—a persistent ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. As a young physician in Sydney, Australia ...

Insulin resistance, obesity, age, and hormones may increase your risk of developing co-occurring PCOS and sleep apnea. But researchers still aren’t sure of the exact cause. These conditions co-occur ...