Sleep Articles
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Instead of Drugs for Insomnia
I am frequently referred patients with insomnia. In fact, insomnia is the most common of all sleep disorders. In many cases, these patients have been on medications for years that no longer work. Others express a strong desire to avoid taking medications or want to...
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Is Your Technology Keeping You Up At Night?
If you own a cell phone, iPad, computer or a laptop and have a hard time falling asleep, your technology might be to blame for your tossing and turning. Within our eyes there are cells known as rods and cones, which are necessary for normal vision. Our eyes also...
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Sleep and Mental Illness
We have thought for a number of years that chronic insomnia, as defined by an inability to fall asleep, stay asleep, or early morning awakenings, can lead to depression. On the other hand, insomnia is the most common symptom of depression. So it has always been a case...
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Sleep Apnea and Diabetes
A study presented at the 2013 American Thoracic Society International Conference demonstrated that in people with prediabetes, treatment of associated sleep apnea improved blood sugar control. Two weeks of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)...
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Sleep Health and the African American Community
Numerous studies have shown that the incidence of hypertension, obesity, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and heart attack is highest in the African American community. Several studies have revealed findings that might in part explain this difference. However, the most...
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Sleepy-Head Teens
As a sleep specialist, this is the most common reason that adolescents are referred to me. Parents complain that they are unable to get their teens up for school. When finally awakened, many take an unusually long time to become alert. In fact, we refer to this as...
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