He describes the sleep cycle and gives a short history of sleep research. Dement aims to remedy that by making the latest sleep information accessible to health professionals and lay readers. Sleep disorders are routinely misdiagnosed or ignored, sometimes resulting in medical tragedy and death, frequently leading to chronic exhaustion. Dement, "sleep science" has yielded a great deal of scientific knowledge about sleep-yet the general public, and even doctors, aren't aware of it. "We are a sleep-sick society," says William C. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Dement offers a hands-on prescription for vibrant good health and longevity, including: self-tests to determine how much sleep you really need information on the role of prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids the latest research on how sleep affects the immune system how to combat insomnia, snoring, jet-lag and much more. William Dement, founder and director of the Stanford University Sleep Research Center, takes us on a fascinating tour of the sleeping body and mind, revealing the price we pay for ignoring sleep - an epidemic of heart disease, 33 percent of traffic-fatigue-related accidents and immeasurable mental and psychological disadvantages.ĭr.
And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep - and the price of sleep deprivation.
Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. SLEEP BETTER, LIVE LONGER WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING INFORMATION AND STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM IN THIS REVOLUTIONARY AUDIOBOOK
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