Healthline

Can CPAP Machines Be Used for COVID-19?

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can have a potentially serious effect on your lungs. While some people can experience shortness of breath, others can develop pneumonia or a life-threatening ...
MedPage Today

Reworked Philips CPAP, BiPAP Machines May Not Deliver Correct Therapy

Certain Philips Respironics DreamStation breathing devices, commonly used for treating sleep apnea, may deliver the incorrect prescription or no therapy at all, the FDA warned in a recall announcement ...
WSB Radio

FDA: Recalled Philips BiPAP, CPAP machines tied to more than 560 deaths

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated a recall affecting millions of Philips sleep apnea machines, now saying that they may been linked to at least 561 deaths. The agency, in a statement ...
Los Angeles Times

These machines to help people breathe were recalled a year ago. Many still use them

In Rochester, N.Y., Diane Coleman has relied on a machine to help her stay alive, but she worries that it might be slowly undermining her health. Her ventilator was among millions of breathing devices ...
Yahoo

Philips halt sales of breathing machines after major recall

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Philips Center is seen on Jan. 27, 2015, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Philips, the company behind a global recall of sleep apnea ...

Sleep Apnea: The Silent Disorder Stealing Our Health

Millions of people sleep every night but never truly rest. Their breathing stops without them knowing it. This is Sleep apnea. On NDTV Lifeline podcast, we decode sleep apnea. Why it happens, how it ...
Seattle Times

Breathing machine recall over possible cancer risk leaves millions scrambling for substitutes

For three years, Donald Camp has used a breathing device to sleep. He has severe sleep apnea, so without this device, his breathing is obstructed and he gasps for air. But in June, Camp and many ...
WTAE-TV

Philips replaces recalled breathing machine with another recalled machine

Philips Respironics has promised to replace millions of CPAP and BiPAP breathing machines that FDA reports have linked to thousands of injuries and more than 300 deaths.More than two years after the ...
MM&M

How Lincare cashed in on the disastrous recall of Philips breathing machines — at the expense of patients

This article originally appeared in ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. For ...

New sleep apnea pill cuts symptoms by 44% - could this replace CPAP machines?

A new sleep apnea pill reduced symptoms by 44 per cent in trials, offering hope for patients struggling with uncomfortable ...
The New York Times

Frustrations Grow Over Company’s Response to CPAP Recalls

Lawsuits claim the company, Philips Respironics, knew of problems with its breathing machines long before notifying customers of potential health risks. By Christina Jewett By 2015, Philips ...