Home Sleep Test vs. In-Lab Sleep Study: Which Do You Need?
Both tests look for sleep apnea, but they measure different things. Here is how a home sleep test and an overnight in-lab study compare, and how your doctor decides which one fits.
Sleep
Sleep apnea, insomnia and other sleep disorders: symptoms, testing and treatment.
Getting Comfortable With CPAP: Masks, Pressure and Common Fixes
CPAP works when you can wear it every night. Most problems people have with it come down to the mask, the pressure or dryness, and almost all of them can be fixed.
Restless Legs Syndrome: Why Your Legs Won’t Settle at Night
An urge to move your legs that gets worse when you finally sit still or lie down is the hallmark of restless legs syndrome. It is common, it is real, and it can be treated.
Shift Work, Jet Lag and Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
Your body runs on an internal clock. When your schedule fights it, from night shifts to long flights to being a natural night owl, sleep and alertness both suffer.
Insomnia Treatment Options Beyond Medication
When insomnia has dragged on for weeks or months, the instinct is often to ask for something, anything, that will simply make sleep happen again.
Sleep Apnea Treatment Options: A Complete Overview
A sleep apnea diagnosis raises an immediate question: now what?
Sleep Medicine 101: Conditions We Diagnose and Treat
Sleep medicine is a broader field than most people realize, and it covers far more than the sleep apnea diagnosis it is most commonly associated with.
Insomnia: Why You Can’t Sleep and When to Seek Help
You feel tired all day. You tell yourself that tonight will be different and you are finally going to bed early.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Many people with obstructive sleep apnea have no idea they have it.
Cannabis and Sleep
Sleep is often treated as downtime, a period when the body and brain simply rest until morning.
Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease
Most of us have noticed what happens after a bad night of sleep.