Sleep Disorders Resources

Sleep disorders are prevalent health problems that reduce quality of life, increase risks for medical disease, and enhance healthcare costs/utilization.

What Is Sleep Apnea? - From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

What happens at sleep clinics

Snoring and Sleep Apnea - Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

Sleep apnea - Mayo Clinic article

Working Group Report on Problem Sleepiness - the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Hypersomnia

Polysomnograms

Hypnopaedia

Sleep Restriction Therapy

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - from BIOME

University of Iowa Guide - Sleep Disorder Study

Essay: Giving Legs to Restless Legs: A Case Study of How the Media Helps Make People Sick

Unfortunately, most sleep disorders are not diagnosed in primary care.

Sleep Disorders

Dyssomnias

Parsomnias

"It’s been a hard day’s night
I’ve been workin´ like a dog
It’s been a hard day’s night
And I’ll be sleepin´ like a log…. "

(John Lennon and Paul McCartney)