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Today officially marks the beginning of National Sleep Awareness Week. This year’s theme, Begin with Sleep, emphasizes the importance of good sleep health for individuals to ensure success and achievement with their day to day tasks and goals. Heidi, one of our Respiratory Therapist and Sleep Disorder Specialist, gave us great insight about insomnia, and what the Sleep Center at Madison Memorial Hospital offers to its patients: How common is insomnia? Heidi: Insomnia is a very common thing, but I would say we have more patients who struggle to stay asleep than we do who struggle getting to sleep, which can also be in the category of insomnia. Patients don’t usually come here unless they have a sleep problem but there are also a lot of sleep problems that people don’t realize are sleep problems. If you stop and think about the signs and symptoms of insomnia and the...
1 in 3 adults does not get enough sleep, according to the CDC. Are you 1 in 3? In August 2017, Dr. Steve Kay, a professor of neurology at USC, discussed the effects of technology on sleeping patterns. Dr. Kay said, “Looking at tablets or smartphones can actually cause significant sleep disruption. When your eye is exposed to blue light, your brain suppresses the production of melatonin – the hormone production our brain produces at night normally rises in the evening, peaks at midnight and then goes back down.” The presence of any artificial light at night can potentially damage your sleep cycle, but the blue light has been proven to be the most disruptive. Putting your phone on night mode will diminish the blue light to a softer pink light. This may help you to fall asleep easier. Not enough sleep, or even too much, may cause: obesity mood disorders heart...
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