Beyond Insomnia: Healthcare Professional's Guide to Sleep Disorders
Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health
An estimated 50 to 70 million American adults have a chronic, or ongoing sleep disorder. In this episode, experts will provide an overview of the epidemiology of different types of sleep problems and disorders. Learn more about the difference classifications of sleep disorders including the criteria, treatment, and relationship to cardiovascular disease.
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Insomnia Insights: Navigating Sleep Disorders for Healthcare Professionals
Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health
Sleep quality is consequential to cardiovascular health. Studies show short sleep duration or poor sleep quality are associated with high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and atherosclerosis. Learn more in this vodcast about the characteristics and etiologies of insomnia. We also discuss how to assess insomnia in an office visit and what other conditions may present with insomnia.
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Ep 2 - Cardiovascular consequences of inadequate sleep
Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health
Many patients that you see in clinical practice have sleep issues, but they will not share that unless they are prompted about it. In this podcast leaders in sleep medicine discuss Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health. Drs. Younghoon Kwon, Marie-Pierre St-Onge and Nancy Redeker explore how patients may have multiple symptoms, and they're often accompanied by dissatisfaction with sleep and patients reporting that they don't feel refreshed when they wake up in the morning. Learn from experts in sleep medicine about talking with your patients.
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Ep 1 - Defining and Evaluating Sleep Health
Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health
Sleep quality is consequential to cardiovascular health. We're just beginning to understand the effects of short sleep duration at the molecular and cellular level. Among other side effects, lack of sleep causes our organs to secrete hormones that cause us to eat more than we really need. What are the characteristics of healthy sleep? Sleep is important for our health, but we often take it for granted. Unfortunately, sleep is often the first thing to go when we are pressed for time. In this informative podcast Drs. Dayna Johnson, Anne Fink and Konrad Sawicki discuss the implications of sleep...
info_outlineAn estimated 50 to 70 million American adults have a chronic, or ongoing sleep disorder. In this episode, experts will provide an overview of the epidemiology of different types of sleep problems and disorders. Learn more about the difference classifications of sleep disorders including the criteria, treatment, and relationship to cardiovascular disease.