Physician Focus, May 2009: Sleep Disorders
Some 70 million people in the U.S. are affected by sleep disorders of one kind or another. Chronic or severe insomnia, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, and sleep apnea affect the health and safety of millions of people. Many people put themselves and others at risk – on the job, at home, or behind the wheel as a “drowsy driver” – for injury, health and behavioral problems, and worse because they’re not getting enough sleep. Just how prevalent are sleep disorders? Who is affected by them? What causes these disorders? And what can patients do about them?
Sanford Auerbach, M.D., Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Boston University School of Medicine
Robert Sokolove, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
Host: James Kenealy, M.D., MetroWest ENT Associates
Co-produced with Hopkinton Community Access Television, HCAM-TV, Hopkinton Mass.
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