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Sleep Disorders

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s patients and public page provides a nationwide list of accredited sleep centers and links to the academy’s educational sites, along with the sites of other sleep-related organizations.

National Center on Sleep Disorders Research

The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research provides a section on its Web site for patient and public information, which includes publications and fact sheets, an interactive sleep quiz, and links to further online resources.

National Sleep Foundation

The National Sleep Foundation supports sleep-related education, research, and advocacy. Its attractive site contains extensive information about the prevalence and effects of sleep deprivation and many helpful on-line articles.

The Sleep Medicine Home Page

The Sleep Medicine Home Page is an extensive annotated list of links to Internet resources on all aspects of sleep, including the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, international sleep disorders centers, federal and state information, and information for patients. Disorders covered include apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, enuresis, restless legs syndrome, and sudden infant death syndrome.

Dana Links

Basic Drives: Eating, Sleeping, and Sex — The Dana Guide

Published Nov 09, 2007
by Richard Balon and J. Allan Hobson
While eating, sleeping, and sex are basic drives, our activities based on these drives are quite complex.
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REM Sleep Stimulates Creativity

Published Jun 29, 2009
by Maria Schamis Turner
A new study into the effects of napping suggests that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may help the brain to create associations between unrelated ideas, enhancing creative problem solving.

Sleep Disorders — The Dana Guide

Published Mar 21, 2007
by Thomas C. Neylan
Disorders of sleep and wakefulness can lead to poor health and impaired occupational, social, and psychological functioning.
 

Last Updated: 11/13/09
Editor: Johanna Goldberg
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