An old anti-seizure drug might also work to reduce apnea episodes, recent trial data has shown. Millions of people in the U.S ...

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Tens of millions of Americans struggle to sleep at night, and many of them turn to sleeping pills for relief. Prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids are especially popular among older adults. A ...

A European clinical trial found that the drug sulthiame significantly reduced breathing interruptions in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. Patients taking higher doses experienced up to 47% ...

Sleep apnea, a condition affecting more than 12 million Americans, can lead to a host of health problems including heart disease. But, a new treatment containing ingredients derived from cannabis is ...

Does a Cambridge startup have a pill that can treat sleep apnea? Last week, Apnimed, a little-known pharma startup founded in 2017, announced encouraging results from its clinical trial of a new drug ...

Scientists have found a drug that can significantly reduce breathing interruptions in people with moderate to severe sleep apnoea, paving the way for a pill-based alternative to CPAP machines.In a ...

European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease.

More than 12 million Americans suffer with sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder that causes your breathing to start and stop during rest and can lead to heart disease, stroke and diabetes ...

A single-dose pill called acoziborole cured most sleeping sickness patients in a major trial, even when the parasite reached the brain.

Acoziborole could change that. The new drug works for both early and advanced stages of the most common form of sleeping ...