sleep-disorders

What health questions do you type into Google? Listen to Dr. Julia Jenkins, a family medicine physician and assistant director of the USF/MPM Family Medicine Residency breaks down the top five most Googled health questions.

We need sleep to survive. Sleep is as essential as food, water, and oxygen. So how can something that should be so instinctual and automatic be so hard? 

Dr. Aric Prather is a world-renowned sleep scientist and an expert clinician who has cracked the code to help even the most restless of sleepers get a good night’s rest. He is a sleep psychologist at the UCSF insomnia clinic, where he uses empirically validated behavioral treatments to promote long-lasting restorative sleep.

In his new book The Sleep Prescription: 7 Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest,  he shares the novel strategies that have helped hundreds upon hundreds of sleep-deprived patients get their lives back by getting their sleep back on track.

Over the course of seven days, The Sleep Prescription will teach you how to get out of your own way, so that your body can do effortlessly what it was built to do: sleep well.

Do you have trouble falling asleep or wake up feeling just as tired as when you went to bed? You are not alone! But don’t fear, Dr. Emerson Wickwire, a sleep specialist at UMMC Midtown Campus, is here with tips on how to get better sleep, and when to know if you should see a specialist to get some rest.

Over half of Americans have a sleep disorder, which negatively affects overall health. Dr. Talene Churukian, Medical Director of Eisenhower Sleep Center, discusses the importance of getting enough sleep.

If you’re among the 70 million Americans who suffer from a sleep disorder, it’s important to know that an inability to get quality sleep not only impacts how you feel every day but also can seriously affect your overall health. Dr. Arun Agarwal discusses the causes, warning signs and treatment options available if you have been diagnosed with narcolepsy.

Dr. Anita Bhola explains some little known risk factors, treatments and medical conditions associated with sleep apnea. She discusses non-CPAP treatments and safety concerns that can result from a lack of quality sleep.