Nearly 1 billion adults — about 12 percent of the world’s population — suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Among them, 425 million aged 30 to 69 have moderate to severe OSA. The sleep disorder is more common in men (up to 33 percent are affected) than in women (up to 19 percent).^1,2 

Many st...

Roughly 8 million people — including President Joe Biden — use a CPAP machine in the U.S.¹ 

CPAP, which stands for continuous positive airway pressure, is the “gold-standard” treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is a condition in which your breathing stops and restarts while you’re slee...

In the U.S., about 6 million adults are diagnosed with sleep apnea. However, as many as 39 million Americans are believed to have this condition.¹

Sleep apnea is a disorder in which your breathing stops and restarts frequently while you’re sleeping. There are two types of sleep apnea: obstructive s...

In the U.S., around one-third of adults have metabolic syndrome.¹ Could you be one of them?

It’s important to find out if you have metabolic syndrome, given the many health complications it comes with. Here’s what you need to know:

• What exactly is metabolic syndrome?
• What are the criteria for m...

Almost half of adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure (also called hypertension). But many of them have no idea they have it.¹ 

That’s because high blood pressure rarely causes symptoms on its own. Yet it can damage your major organs even before you realize anything’s wrong. This is why high b...

Heart disease is all too common. It’s the top killer disease for men and women across most racial groups in the U.S. In fact, it’s behind 1 in every 5 deaths in the country.¹

It puts a huge drain on the economy too. It costs around 250 billion U.S. dollars per year — including medicines, health-car...

Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic condition in which your cells have lost the ability to respond to the hormone called insulin. Plus, your pancreas has become dysfunctional so that it doesn’t produce as much insulin as it should.¹ 

The result is consistently high levels of glucose (blood sugar)....

In the United States, six in 10 adults have a chronic disease, while four in 10 have two or more. Chronic health conditions include heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and arthritis. Mental disorders like depression and anxiety fall into the same category. Such persistent illnesses are...

Snorers are often the target of jokes.¹ But snoring is one of the symptoms of a disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In OSA, the collapse of the airway stops the flow of air into the lungs and lowers blood oxygen levels. This leads to abnormal breathing and frequent awakenings during sleep...

During menopause, a large drop in women's sex hormone levels leads to various symptoms. Such symptoms are often associated with a decreased quality of life.¹ One way to address this problem is hormone replacement therapy (HRT). HRT is medication involving sex hormones produced outside the body. It a...