CPAP and BiPAP machines are both worn at night to help those with sleep apnea. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

If it's the last one, you may have sleep apnea. And a CPAP machine, or a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine, can help you sleep. So here are some tips to make the transition go more smoothly.

BACKGROUND Auto-CPAP machines used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are designed to vary the treatment pressure automatically in order always to apply the actually needed pressure.

During its first-quarter earnings report this spring, Philips, the health technology company, announced it agreed to pay $1.1 billion in a settlement over respiration and sleep apnea machines.