Archive for July, 2008

The Inverse Relationship between Age and Sleep

I always find these studies troubling, because it’s often not clear to what extent they were able to recruit truly normal sleepers into their experiments.

Sleeping on the Job

Let’s see, why do people fall asleep when they’re supposed to be working? Hmmm, I wonder.

Free Time vs. Sleep Time

“A growing number of the teenagers…complain of similar symptoms: exhaustion, headaches, stomach problems, depression and irritability, a consequence of so little free time.” Might they have ended the sentence with “so little sleep time.” Interesting article, read it all, but you won’t see any mention of sleep until the 3rd paragraph from the bottom.

Published in the Journal of Clinical sleep Medicine: PAP-NAP

Last month, we published an innovative approach to introducing PAP Therapy to our patients.  Published in the Journal of Clinical sleep Medicine (June 15, 2008 issue), we explore how a daytime procedure called the PAP-NAP can be used to help sleep apnea patients learn about the breathing mask treatment in a more comfortable environment.  We're already receiving phone calls from sleep centers around the country seeking to learn how to incorporate this step into their clinical settings.  In the future, we will be developing a 1-hr CME program to provide assistance to sleep medical providers and centers that want to use the PAP-NAP.

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