Northshore Sleep Medicine
I will start doing a weekly video blog. (Are people really calling them Vlogs?) I will keep them fairly brief and will either give a sleep tip or will answer a question. So if you have questions concerning normal sleep or sleep disorders, then leave them as comments on my blog and I will try [...]
See below for a link to an article in Forbes for which I was interviewed about sleep troubles. I give many useful tips for how to improve your sleep. http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/03/sleep-disorder-medication-lifestyle-health-sleep-insomnia.html
Use of Propofol (also know as Diprivan) in the home has no place in treatment of insomnia or any other sleep disorder. It can, in fact, lead to fatal respiratory depression or fatal sleep apnea.
New Trier High School, on the Northshore of Chicago, (www.newtrier.k12.il.us) is one the most prestigious public high schools in the country. The students there have a record of high academic achievement. I was surprised to learn that they are still starting their “early bird” class at the unreasonable hour of 7:10 am. A high percentage [...]
Once again, the Chicago Tribune has run a piece on sleep. The Sunday health columnist, Julie Deardorff, (jdeardorff@tribune.com) devoted her column in yesterday’s Sunday paper to reinforcing what we sleep doctors know so well: That sleep is essential to good health and that Americans underestimate its importance. The National Sleep Foundation has gathered information for years that shows [...]
