Around 22 million Americans have sleep apnea. Traditional continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines are the standard treatment. However, they can be loud, uncomfortable and have a pesky ...

TUPELO — For those who have tried unsuccessfully to use a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea, the Inspire implant is a breakthrough solution. Larry Ferguson, 77, of Pontotoc, is among those whose lives ...

Lisa Sharpless' sleep apnea was so severe that her husband, Jim, would lie awake in bed and silently count the seconds between her labored breaths as she dozed. Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes ...

Medicare may cover Inspire, a device to treat sleep apnea, if it is medically necessary. A doctor needs to demonstrate that people meet certain criteria and CPAP therapy has been ineffective. Inspire ...