Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Key Takeaways CPAP therapy creates pressure that helps keep your airway open while you ...
Millions of people rely on machines to help them with sleep disorders, but now some of the devices have been recalled because they could pose serious health problems.The 11 News I-Team reported many ...
HERE’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL. THE RECALL AFFECTED MILLIONS OF BREATHING MACHINES MADE BY PHILIPS, WHICH HAS OFFICES HERE IN BAKERY SQUARE AND IN MORRISVILLE. ON SATURDAY, DON SCHREIBER ...
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 ...
More than two months after a recall of certain continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) and ventilator machines, consumers tell NBC 5 Responds they’re ...
Magnets in the recalled masks, used in breathing machines for sleep apnea, can interfere with pacemakers and other lifesaving medical devices. Philips Respironics has voluntarily recalled more than 17 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Philips Respironics, the maker of popular CPAP sleep apnea machines, has agreed to pay $479 million to settle some claims that its devices spewed carcinogenic foam and gas into the mouths of its ...