Sleep Resources

Spanish langage version of Sleepdex - Recursos para Dormir Mejor

The US government's Star Sleeper website

Eric E. Chudler's sleep page - explanation of neuroscience of sleep from a professor at Washington University

Narcolepsy Links - good list of narcolepsy and sleep disorder sites

Comparing Newer Drugs for Insomnia - from the National Center of Biotechnology Information

Restless Legs Foundation - affiliated with the Mayo Clinic

About.com's Sleep Disorders section - good articles and list of resources on many sleep issues

American Academy of Sleep Medicine - a professional organization dedicated to sleep medicine and research.

American Sleep Apnea Association - non-profit organization dedicated to reducing injury, disability, and death from sleep apnea and to enhancing the well-being of those affected by this common disorder

National Center on Sleep Disorders Research - federal government's website contains substantial information on sleep

Provigil Web - non-profit website about this common narcolepsy medication.

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

Sleep Medication Resources

Drowsy Driving Information

• Countermeasures
• Responsibility
• Drowsy driving references

Sleep and other illnesses

M.D. Anderson Sleep Center - clinic that studies and treats cancer patients with sleep problems

Sleep Societies (professional)

The British Sleep Society - a professional society, not much practical information on sleep

European Sleep Research Society - scientific organization

UCLA's Center for Sleep Research

University of Zurich - Psychopharmacology and Sleep Research

Australasian Sleep Association

Medicines for Insomnia

International Classification of Sleep Disorders

Other items of interest

Sleep Disorders Resources

Sleeping Well - from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Economics of Sleep

The Society for Neuroscience page on REM Sleep

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Technology

Mattresses and "sleep systems"

Sheets, Pillowcases, and Blankets

CPAP machines

Books about sleep

Sleepwear

Sleep Disorders

Parsomnias

Dyssomnias

journal abstracts

Specific Groups

Women and Sleep Disorders

Sleep and Athletes

Insomnia in old people

Sleep and appetite

news

Impaired breathing during sleep can disrupt memory and thinking

Orexin blocks weight gain in mice

Hypnogogia

"O Sleep, rest of all things, mildest of the gods, balm of the soul..."

(Iris to Hypnos. Ovid, Metamorphoses)