Elderly patients nearing the end of their lives are increasingly placed on breathing machines as a sort of automatic reflex among physicians, according to Kei Ouchi, MD, an emergency medicine ...

Philips Respironics announced last Monday that it’s stopping sales of their breathing machines within the U.S. following a mid-2021 product recall. The decision, as reported by The New York Times, was ...

Early treatment of obstructive sleep apnea may decrease the risk of Parkinson's disease, a new study published Monday finds.

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

A study of 11 million people found those who used CPAP machines to treat the disorder were less likely to develop the incurable neurological disease.

A study published Monday in JAMA Neurology reports that people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) face a higher ...