Medicare may cover Inspire, a device to treat sleep apnea, if it is medically necessary. A doctor needs to demonstrate that people meet certain criteria and CPAP therapy has been ineffective. Inspire ...

Around 22 million Americans have sleep apnea. Traditional continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines are the standard treatment. However, they can be loud, uncomfortable and have a pesky ...

OSA affects about 1 in 5 adults and increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Home sleep apnea tests (HSAT) offer accessible and cost-effective diagnosis. CPAP remains the gold standard, but ...

More patients without continuous airway positive pressure coverage in their region said that cost affected their choice of treatment than patients with CPAP coverage, according to results published in ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eli Lilly's weight-loss treatment, Zepbound, for obstructive sleep apnea, making it the first drug greenlighted to directly treat ...

BOSTON & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Signifier Medical Technologies LLC (“Signifier” or the “Company”), a Boston-based medical technology company, announces that The International Journal of Technology ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – For years, Michelle Strickland had trouble sleeping – she woke up several times at night, 9 to 15 times an hour – and it left her with daytime sleepiness and her body craving lots of ...

The diabetes and weight loss drug tirzepatide appears to help people with obesity who also have sleep apnea, according to preliminary findings from drugmaker Eli Lilly. The results, while unpublished, ...