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2. What to Do If You Have Sleep Apnea - AOL

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   Medical advances are helping people use CPAP machines more effectively and providing alternatives. ... or anxiety posed by CPAP. ... “Oral devices can be quite effective,” sometimes when ...

3. Continuous positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   CPAP is the most effective treatment for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, in which the mild pressure from the CPAP prevents the airway from collapsing or becoming blocked. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] CPAP has been shown to be 100% effective at eliminating obstructive sleep apneas in the majority of people who use the therapy according to the ...

4. Positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those who are critically ill in hospital with respiratory failure, in newborn infants (), and for the prevention and treatment of atelectasis in patients with difficulty taking deep breaths.

5. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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   Educational initiatives and supportive interventions to help improve compliance with CPAP therapy have been shown to improve the length of time people who need CPAP therapy use their devices. [120] Oral appliances or splints are often preferred but may not be as effective as CPAP. [119]

6. Got Holiday Stress? Here Are 10 Nighttime Activities to Help ...

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   A 2015 sleep study has found that people who sleep in cluttered rooms are more likely to have sleeping problems including trouble falling asleep and rest disturbances. Avoid these sleep threats by ...

7. CPAP replacement works well for the overweight, not obese ...

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   An implant for obstructive sleep apnea — a serious sleep malady in which breathing stops for 10 seconds to two minutes many times an hour each night — works best in people who are overweight ...