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...
In the U.S., an estimated 39 million adults — about one-tenth of the population — suffer from a disorder called sleep apnea. Here’s the catch: Up to 90 percent of people with sleep apnea don’t know they have it.1,2
Another prevalent condition is heart disease, which...
Around 6 million adults have been diagnosed with sleep apnea in the U.S. In reality though, an estimated 39 million Americans have this sleep disorder.1
A more prevalent condition is high blood pressure (hypertension), which affects almost 50 percent of American adults. But most of these...
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...
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:...
Testosterone is a sex steroid hormone in males and females. It is produced by males' testicles and females' ovaries. However, testosterone levels in adult men are around seven to eight times greater than the hormone's levels in adult women.1 Testosterone is responsible for the development of...
Menopause is a natural process in women’s lives. People think of menopause as a time when estrogen levels drop.1 But by the time estrogen declines, the other sex hormones are almost gone. In most menopausal women, progesterone is hardly measurable, and testosterone is usually only...