Northshore Sleep Medicine
I was recently interviewed by Longevity Magazine about the consequences associated with sleep deprivation. Many people fail to realize that they are putting both their mental and physical health at risk by not getting the sleep they need. Serious health problems such as heart disease, obesity and depression are associated with sleep deprivation. A lack [...]
I was interviewed by The Daily Beast (see link below) to comment on which medications the President might be taking to deal with his, at times, grueling travel schedule. The article discusses the use of wake-promoting agents such as Provigil and Nuvigil which can be used responsibly and effectively by patients who are carefully screened [...]
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.
