Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder that affects millions of people in America. With the help of a continuous positive air pressure machine or CPAP,…
8 Spooky Dangers of Sleep Apnea
Halloween is right around the corner, and despite the festivities and busy autumn days, you aren’t sleeping well at night. Others might assume it’s because…
Using CPAP With Congestion
Trying to sleep while congested is difficult. For the 25 million people in the United States who have sleep apnea, it’s even harder. CPAP users will find…
Sleep Apnea and Depression
An estimated 425 million people globally suffer from clinical obstructive sleep apnea, and recent research has pointed to depression as a result of sleep apnea…
My CPAP Pressure Adjustments
If you have sleep apnea, you know it can be quite a change to get used to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment. In fact, studies suggest…
10 Ways to Solve CPAP Problems
Sleep Apnea is one of the most debilitating yet hidden respiratory conditions. It’s bad enough not being able to breathe in your sleep, but when…
What You Need to Know About the Philips Respironics Recall
On June 14th, 2021, Philips Respironics announced that they voluntarily recalled a number of their non-invasive ventilation devices and mechanical ventilators. The Respironics recall is estimated…
My Partner Has Sleep Apnea
It is estimated that as many as 37% of American adults suffer from sleep apnea. While causing discomfort and anxiety for those suffering, it can also impact…
Camping With Your CPAP
Are you ready for the summer to finally arrive? If so, you’re not alone. After all, there’s nothing better than sunshine and warm weather after a long…
TOP 3 CPAP CLEANERS OF 2O2O
What is a CPAP Cleaner? CPAP cleaners, or sanitizers, use activated oxygen or UV rays to eradicate 99.9% of bacteria and mold in a CPAP…
Can I Benefit by Using My CPAP Machine While Awake?
It’s estimated that 23.5 million adults in America have undiagnosed sleep apnea. If you suffer from this condition, you’re not alone. Using a CPAP machine is a…
The Rio II Nasal Pillow CPAP Mask
3B Medical introduces the Rio II™ nasal pillow CPAP mask. The Rio II™ CPAP mask was designed for users in search of simplicity. The mask…
Sleep Apnea Diet: Do’s & Dont’s
There are a multitude of effects that our daily lives have on sleep apnea. Exercise, smoking, drinking, and stress are just a few aspects of…
Sleep Apnea Causes Memory Loss
Recent studies have shown a link between obstructive sleep apnea and memory loss. Obstructive sleep apnea affects an estimated 900+ million people in the world,…
Teen Obesity Linked to Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is an issue that affects all ages. People typically associate the condition with older generations. However, teenage kids are also at risk. Obesity…
The NEW ResMed AirFit N30i Nasal CPAP Mask
ResMed AirFit™ N30i Nasal CPAP Mask With another expansion of the AirFit™ line of products, the N30i is a newly designed nasal CPAP mask. The…
5 Ways Electronic Devices Hurt Your Sleep
Devices Are Keeping You Awake While you may feel the itch to constantly be on your phone, tablet, or laptop, you may want to consider…
CPAP Humidification FAQ’s
What is a Heated Humidifier? A Heated Humidifier is a device that works with your CPAP machine to provide moisture. Dry air can cause irritation…
Can I Use Health Accounts to Buy CPAP Equipment?
Yes! You can use health savings accounts like HSA’s, HRA’s & FSA’s to purchase CPAP equipment. Durable Medical Equipment, including CPAP equipment and supplies, is…
Top CPAP Machines for 2019
The new year is fast approaching! Its never too early to scope out what the CPAP world has to offer for the next year. Here…
CPAP Sanitizers: Sleep8 vs SoClean
Germs are everywhere and that includes your CPAP machine and accessories. The Sleep8 and SoClean devices are here to keep your equipment free of these…
The New Fisher & Paykel SleepStyle CPAP Machine
Introducing Fisher & Paykel’s newest device, the SleepStyle™ CPAP Machine! The all new SleepStyle™ Auto by Fisher & Paykel is the latest in premium CPAP…
High Blood Pressure Improves from CPAP Therapy
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a consequence of untreated sleep apnea. Blood pressure is an important aspect of the cardiovascular system. If that pressure…
ResMed Beginnings: The Birth of CPAP
ResMed is arguably the face of CPAP. This article explains how they came to be the powerhouse they are today. Timeline 2,000+ years…
Alcohol Makes Sleep Apnea WORSE!
This article teaches you the issues that alcohol presents to people with obstructive sleep apnea. You’ll go over what alcohol does to your body. Then,…
Home Sleep Tests for OSA
A Home Sleep Test, or HST, is an effective and convenient way to get tested for OSA. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious medical…
Can Children Have Sleep Apnea?
The short answer, Yes, your child can have pediatric OSA. Sleep apnea can affect young people of any age, ethnicity, and genetic makeup. This article will go…
Commercial Drivers and Sleep Apnea
Did you know that truck drivers, and other commercial drivers, are a risk on US roadways when they do not adhere to obstructive sleep apnea…
Why is Sleep Important?
Did you know that your body does a lot more than simply relax during sleep? Well, some of your body’s most productive work is done…
Veterans of CPAP
Veterans day, November 11th, is a day of remembrance. Americans remember the sacrifices that the brave men and women before us endured so that we…
Sleep Apnea and Sports
If you’re a sports geek like I am…you are ecstatic about what the next few months is going to bring! The MLB World Series was…
PTSD Linked to Sleep Apnea
PTSD and sleep apnea are linked according to a study done that involved military veterans. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder affects hundreds of thousands of people across…
Exercise to Combat Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea Exercise…Really? This article will discuss some exercises you can do to strengthen your respiratory muscles. First, ill explain a little about how the…
Can Sleep Apnea Cause Alzheimer’s?
Recent studies have shown that sleep apnea can lead to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Sleep apnea is a beast all its own, but…
Know your CPAP Equipment
October 21st was National Check your Meds Day…weird holiday, I know. However, there is some merit to the reasoning behind the idea. Millions of people…
Review of the NEW ResMed AirFit F30
ResMed’s top-of-the-line reputation has taken another leap into CPAP greatness. Introducing the AirFit™ F30 Full Face mask! ResMed AirFit™ F30 The new AirFit™ F30 is…
Sleep Better after Daylight Savings
The end of summer and warm weather has officially set in! No more days at the pool with the kids…no more days spent on a…
Sleep Apnea: 7 Spooky Aspects
My how the year is flying by! Halloween is right around the corner; Thanksgiving and Christmas are looming. The fall season brings about hoodies &…
For Her CPAP Products
The color pink has become a beacon of hope among women, activists, and supporters around the country, especially during the month of October. The tenth…
Brain Damage Reversed by CPAP
Obstructive sleep apnea has many terrible side effects, one being brain damage. No, not the brain damage you’re thinking of…(the vegetative, unable to take care…
Type 2 Diabetes and OSA Can Lead to Blindness
A recent study claims if you have both Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea, you’re at a high risk of developing an eye disease…
How to Choose the Right CPAP Mask
Choosing the right CPAP mask does not have to be a frustrating process. This guide describes easy solutions to common problems, and previews all types…
Featuring the Eson 2 Nasal CPAP Mask
The Fisher & Paykel Eson™ 2 Nasal CPAP Mask is a fantastic sequel to the original Eson™. Improvements and adjustments have been made all around…
CPAP Sanitizer Reviews: SoClean versus VirtuCLEAN
SoClean or VirtuCLEAN CPAP Sanitizer Imagine…You get in your pajamas, ready for a good night sleep. It’s been a long, exhausting day and you want…
Sleep Apnea: A Factor in Carrie Fisher’s Death
How Apnea Played a Role in Leia’s Death Carrie Fisher, known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, made the news this week when…
CPAP Mask Reviews for 2017
It’s that time of year again where we spotlight some of the best CPAP mask reviews on the market for 2016 and look ahead at…
Sleep Apnea and Shoulder Pain
Sleep Apnea Linked To Shoulder Pain Apnea and Aches Could my sleep apnea be the cause of my shoulder pain? Anyone who has crossed over to…
Bigfoot Needs a CPAP
Stern Show “Wack” Packer Needs CPAP Hey Now. While listening to some Sternthology on the Howard Stern show a few weeks ago I came across…
Home Sleep Study: Insurance versus Self Pay
Home Sleep Study Cost and Options It’s that time of year again when people with health insurance will notice their deductible is about to roll…
How Long Does A CPAP Machine Last?
What Does Your CPAP Machine and Your Furnace Have in Common? Last week the motor in my furnace burned out and like any normal person…
DreamWear Nasal CPAP Mask Product Review
New Respironics DreamWear CPAP Mask In a scene that could best be described as a “mission impossible” security clearance situation our staff that attended the…
CPAP Mask Reviews: New CPAP Products
Finding Your New CPAP Products Just Got Easier! Regardless if you are new to CPAP or you have been a long time user you may not…
Sleep Apnea Disorder and the 18 Million Suffering From It
Apnea Disorder Sleep Apnea is a serious medical condition that affects up to 18 million people in the United States. Up to 4% of Americans have…
Do You Have Sleep Apnea? Make Sure You Understand Which CPAP Machine You Need
Do you suffer from sleep apnea? If so, you’re not alone. Around 18 million Americans are estimated to have this condition, which causes you to…
CPAP Battery Pack for Camping and Travel
A Storm is Coming. Are You Prepared? Affordable CPAP Battery Solutions for Camping and Travel Excited to say it has arrived! A New Revolutionary CPAP…
Can Airing Micro CPAP Improve Compliance?
Forget Winter, the Biggest Small Thing in Sleep Medicine is Coming! I may be getting ahead of myself by posing the question about compliance considering…
CPAP in Television and Movies
12 Times CPAP Made A Guest Appearance in Television A lazy Sunday afternoon playing Words with Friends or some other addicting phone app when one…
Which is Better? Snoring Mouth Guards or CPAP
Snoring Mouth Guards or CPAP? When did the phrase “As Seen on TV” become the gold standard barometer of a quality product? I just heard a…
Finding The Best CPAP Mask for You
The Best CPAP Mask for Your Nose It can be very frustrating trying out different CPAP masks every night just trying to find the best…
Sleep Apnea Statistics with CPAP Therapy Recommended
Sleep Apnea Statistics Sleep apnea effects up to 22 millions people however most of these people are unaware they suffer from it. Sleep apnea statistics…
Depression Treatment with CPAP for Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea and Depression Researchers have already established that the estimated 18 million Americans who suffer from sleep apnea are four times more likely to…
Improve CPAP Comfort with These 10 Tips
Simple Hacks to Improve CPAP Comfort One night in the sleep lab while preparing the hook-up (sleep technician talk for applying electrodes and sensors) I…
9 Things That Drive Sleep Technologists Crazy
9 Things About Testing That Will Make A Sleep Technologist Bite Their Tongue Sleep technicians are scrub wearing, caffeine chugging, electrode toting nocturnal inhabitants that…
Best CPAP Masks of 2014-2015
Compare the Best CPAP Masks 2014 As the last few days of 2014 wind down we take a look back at some of the new…
Sleep Debt Hurts Healthy Sleep Habits
How Much Sleep Debt Do You Owe? You may have a credit score above 700 but that doesn’t mean that a debt collector is not…
How Dirty is Your CPAP?
I had to fight nausea a few times when I was handed a excessively dirty CPAP mask. We have seen our fair share of stomach churning dirty…
17 Things Only CPAP Users Will Understand
A look at the lighter side of sleep apnea therapy and treatment! 1. Your friends and family will make every sci-fi character reference that comes…
AirSense 10 New Series of CPAP by ResMed (S10)
ResMed AirSense 10 Series Review The new AirSense reminds me of a story. A few years ago I was at a sleep conference in Minneapolis talking…
Paying Out of Pocket versus Using Insurance for CPAP Supplies?
Ever Wonder Why Doctors Take Vacation in July? I saw a major trend every year during the summer months at the sleep disorders center I…
Sleep and Age: How Much Should You Be Getting
How Many Hours Do I Need? Sleep and Age Sleep is essential to having a healthy and productive life, but getting enough is not always…
Pregnancy and the Importance of Sleep – What You Need to Know
It may seem strange to see the words pregnancy and sleep together in the same sentence since they so rarely coexist. Between all of the…
How Sleep Heals the Body
Sleep is more than just time to rest after a busy day. It is, in fact, when your body has a chance to regenerate and…
Curing Depression with CPAP Machines
Depression with CPAP Therapy Many people experience depression and the feelings of sadness and hopelessness it brings. The chemical imbalances that cause depression can result in…
Healthy Eating Habits that Help Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a common disorder that plagues more than 18 million Americans every year. This condition causes the back of the throat to collapse…
Is Snoring Dangerous To My Health?
My Name is Jason and I Snore…Loudly Many of us are all too familiar with being banished to the couch or spare bedroom because of…
The New ResMed AirFit F10 Full Face CPAP Mask
New ResMed AirFit F10 Full Face Mask Say Hello to My Little Friend Has the CPAP therapy market turned gangster? The trend seems to be…
CPAP and Weight Loss: The New Sleep Diet
CPAP and Weight Loss While driving my 8 year old son to baseball practice last week I heard what may be the best marketing angle…
Is ResMed Discontinuing the Swift FX Nasal Pillow Mask?
Is the Swift FX CPAP Mask Going Away? In recent weeks we have seen the launch of the AirFit P10 (ResMed 62900) and AirFit P10…
CPAP Machine Reviews and Comparison
CPAP Machine Reviews 2013-2014 Buyer’s Comparison Guide to CPAP & Auto CPAP Machines Two years ago we brought you a CPAP education page that offered…
Confessions of a Sleep Technologist
Confessions of a Sleep Technologist “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” Anthony Burgess 1.) We fully understand you are…
7 Common Problems for First Time CPAP Users
7 Common CPAP Problems Users Face In 2004 I was working CPAP consultations at our sleep lab when a little old couple walked in for…
13 Random Sleep Facts You Just Need to Know
Odd Sleep Facts 1.) What Do My Dreams Mean? There’s not a clear cut answer and some experts argue that we dream to fix experiences…
Quattro Air Full Face Mask by ResMed Making Waves
ResMed Quattro Air: Have We Crowned a New Champion For Best CPAP Mask? I spend a lot of time on the sleep tech Facebook pages…
Top Rated CPAP Masks on The Market
Best and Top Rated CPAP Masks on the Market. Jason Smith, RPSGT 6/17/2013 Halfway through 2013 we take a look at current CPAP products that…
Home Sleep Apnea Testing: A Positive Alternative for OSA Diagnosis and CPAP Compliance?
Home sleep apnea testing market continues to grow as more and more insurance companies decline reimbursement for in-lab diagnostic polysomnograms. This is not recent news…
Differences Between CPAP, Auto CPAP, and BiPAP Machines
I have found myself writing a lot of blogs that cater to people that have already been diagnosed and treated for sleep apnea which really…
CPAP Mask Comparison and Reviews
CPAP Mask Reviews: Compare and Shop In the early 1900s during the automotive boom there were literally hundreds of different automobile manufacturers and models of…
1800CPAP Would Like to To Give Thanks To…
Thankful for CPAP In honor of Thanksgiving, we are giving our list of 30 things for 30 days of November we are thankful for. 1.) …
Why Am I So Tired In The Morning?
Need More Sleep? #JustLetMeSleepALittleLonger I do not want to work out this morning. Period. End of Story. I want to pull the covers back over…
What is That CPAP Thingy Called?
It says C-P-A-P, not C-R-A-P. Do you call it “soda” or do you call it “pop”; or maybe you call it “soda pop”? Whatever you…
Devilbiss IntelliPAP Products; Our Back to Sleep Specials
We have a holiday weekend approaching and it’s hard to not look ahead to all the fun activities we have in store; good food, fireworks,…
What’s New With CPAP in 2012
Cuts to CPAP Reimbursement and CPAP Replacement Schedule Hold on to your hats; it’s an election year and the hot topic is still healthcare reform…
1800CPAP Delivers A Good Night’s Sleep to Truckers
We are seeing an amazing increase in self pay home sleep apnea testing from people that work in the transportation industry and it’s not surprising…
Best Nasal Pillow CPAP Masks Available Are…
Best Nasal Pillow CPAP Masks for Compliance Someone once told me that to keep the reader’s attention when “blogging” to start off with a story or…
CPAP & Sleep Apnea Myths and Truths
Myths About CPAP and Sleep Apnea I can set my watch everyday by the 9 am phone calls or emails about the same CPAP questions that…
Could CPAP Cure Your Hangover?
CPAP & Red Wine: Hangover Cure Recent studies have suggested that consuming red wine may significantly benefit your health; and millions everywhere parlayed this data…
Untreated Sleep Apnea and Death of Deadliest Catch Star
Sleep Apnea and Death I would like to start off by saying I am a huge fan of Discovery channel hit series Deadliest Catch and…
CPAP Replacement Supplies Cost: What You Are Not Being Told
DME, Your Insurance and CPAP Replacement Supplies Cost We pride ourselves on providing you with the best equipment at the lowest prices with superior service…
Buying and Selling Used CPAP Machines
Used CPAP Machines to Buy or Sell 1800CPAP.com offers a variety of options for people looking to purchase used CPAP machines, Auto Adjusting CPAP or BiPAP from ResMed, Philips Respironics,…
ResMed S9 VPAP Adapt SV for Complex Sleep Apnea
S9 VPAP Adapt: Treating Central and Complex Apnea Finding a place to buy a ResMed S9 VPAP Adapt SV (part numbers 36037, 36047, and 36057)…
CPAP Machine Repairs: Services and Options
CPAP Machine Repairs It seems every day we receive calls from CPAP users that have a malfunctioning CPAP or BiPAP machine that needs repaired or…
Auto CPAP Machines versus Fixed Pressure for Sleep Apnea
There has been an on-going debate in the field of sleep medicine about Auto CPAP machines being used to establish CPAP pressures versus a patient…