Health Information

Information is presented on various health conditions, treatments and procedures with the goal of empowering patients to take an active role in managing their health with informed decisions about their care. This provides patients with knowledge, skills, and confidence to understand conditions and treatment plans that affect them.

The effort ultimately leads to positive experiences with healthcare providers, to improved health outcomes and a better quality of life.

CPAP Therapy

Patients who have been diagnosed with sleep apnea may need to undergo a sleep study test to determine what type of treatment is best for their condition. A common method of treating sleep apnea is the use of continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP device. A CPAP device uses ...

Insomnia

Insomnia is a sleep disorder that involves difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, sometimes both. Although most people suffer an occasional sleepless night, patients with insomnia have difficulty sleeping on a regular basis. This condition affects approximately 1 in 10 people in the United St...

Sleep Apnea

As they sleep, people with sleep apnea stop breathing, sometimes hundreds of times per night, ...

Sleep Disorders

Sleep disorders are disturbances in sleep patterns. They involve difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, excessive daytime tiredness, irregular breathing during sleep, or abnormal sleep behaviors. Sleep disorders may develop as a result of changes in the neurotransmitters of the brain, ...

Snoring

Snoring is the sound created by vibrations of the soft palate when breath...