Northshore Sleep Medicine
According to Science Daily, a new study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry shows that the use of medications for treatment of insomnia and anxiety may result in increased risk of death. The study analyzed 12 years worth of data on over 14,000 Canadians that were obtained through Canada’s National Population Health Survey between [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124951605785809351.html) ran a front page story on Micheal Jackson and his use of Propofol (Diprivan) as a sleeping agent. For those interested in this issue, I blogged about it on July 23, 2009.
