Sleep Apnea Boosts Death Risk http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/08/01/sleep-apnea-boosts-death-risk.html The disconcerting aspect of the study is that "the researchers could not assess whether there were any beneficial effects of a common apnea treatment called Continuous Posit...

Am I missing something here? A blood pressure of 115/68 is not low...and 130/85 is only approaching high. ???

I addressed the cost of masks in a recent post. IMHO, if there are not patent infringement issues, one of these days a Chinese company is going to put U.S. price-gouging companies out of business by producing the same or better quality masks and selling them for less than $20.00 apiece. Can't wait.

k8e...you've described exactly how my ears react to the cpap pressure as well. (My setting is 14) I'm moderately concerned about the long-term effects on my hearing but don't believe it's caused any problem yet.

I assume that retailers don't want to have to eat the huge number of returns that would inevitably occur because masks are so tricky to fit. If the margins were better, or the number of returns smaller, then they would probably let you return a mask and just chalk up the loss to good customer relat...

Shhhhh! We're all sleeping soundly.

The figures I quoted were what the insurance actually paid. The amount billed was even higher.