If you’ve been struggling to lose weight despite your best efforts with diet and exercise, poor sleep—especially due to undiagnosed sleep apnea—might be the missing piece of the puzzle.
If you’ve ever found yourself reaching for snacks you didn’t even want after a poor night’s sleep, you’re not alone. There’s a growing body of research linking sleep issues—especially obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—to emotional eating and weight gain. But how exactly does struggling to breathe at night make us crave that second slice of cake the next day?
It’s a health spiral few people see coming — but once you’re caught in it, it can be hard to escape. Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are deeply interconnected, and they often feed off each other in ways that make both conditions harder to manage.
If you’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, especially obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), you might’ve been told that losing weight could help—or even cure—it. And while that’s partially true, the full picture is a little more complex. Weight loss can significantly improve sleep apnea symptoms, but for many people, it’s not a magic fixObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that causes your airway to repeatedly collapse during the night. This leads to brief moments where you stop breathing—sometimes hundreds of times. You may not even realise it’s happening. But your brain does.
Forget where you left your keys? Struggling to stay focused at work? While it’s easy to blame stress or a busy lifestyle, the real issue might be happening while you sleep.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that causes your airway to repeatedly collapse during the night. This leads to brief moments where you stop breathing—sometimes hundreds of times. You may not even realise it’s happening. But your brain does.
For many Australian men, snoring is often brushed off as nothing more than an embarrassing quirk — a noisy inconvenience that annoys the person sleeping next to you. But what if that snoring is a sign of something much more serious?
ABC News recently published a powerful report highlighting what sleep experts have been warning about for years: sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are becoming a major public health issue in Australia. Millions of people may be unknowingly living with a serious condition that quietly puts their health—and lives—at risk.
You deserve to make the most of your holidays and business trips, and that means waking up well-rested each day no matter where in the world you are. Because sleep apnea doesn’t take a holiday, neither should your CPAP therapy!
You’ve settled into bed, your CPAP machine is gently humming, and you’re ready for a restful night’s sleep…until you hear that tell-tale hissing sound or feel a breeze of air on your face.
If that sounds familiar, you’re likely dealing with CPAP mask leak, one of the most common challenges in CPAP therapy. While some level of leak is normal and even expected with CPAP equipment, too much of it can disrupt your therapy and your sleep.
In this blog, we’ll explore what mask leak is, why it happens and what you can do about it to stay comfortable and get the most from your treatment.
