Health Epidemics? Sleep Disorders

What is “normal,” healthy sleep? We continue our series on increasingly prevalent health issues with an examination of sleep disorders. Dr. Robert Hooper, a sleep disorder specialist, joins us to talk about the most common and dangerous of these conditions, Obstructive Sleep Apnea. We discuss symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment with Dr. James Parish, who runs the Mayo Clinic Sleep Disorders Center, and Dr. Lois Krahn, chair of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Psychiatry and Psychology.
Learn more:

National Sleep Foundation

<a href=”http://”www.sleepeducation.com”>Sleep Education

Sleep Medicine Education and Research Foundation

<a href=”http://”www.aasmnet.org”>American Academy of Sleep Medicine

<a href=”http://”www.absm.org/diplomates/listing.htm”>American Board of Sleep Medicine

Associated Professional Sleep Societies

Association of Polysomnographic Technologists

Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists

Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

American Association for Respiratory Care

American College of Chest Physicians

American Thoracic Society