The Center
of Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic recently ventured into the largely unresearched area of the effects of pets in the bedroom (or in the bed) on owners» sleep quality.
About 40 percent of high schools in the country start earlier than 8 a.m., a phenomenon that has negative effects on teens» safety, well - being and education, according to Dr. Judith Owens, the director
of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C.
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Susan Redline, MD, one of the study authors and a professor
of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, says that going to bed and waking up at the same time each day, avoiding alcohol and tobacco before bedtime, and other good «sleep hygiene» can help people sleep longer, and probably more deeply.
Dr Robert Stickgold at the Division
of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School says sleep is important before you try to learn something, but it is also important after.
David Kuhlmann, MD, is medical director
of sleep medicine at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Mo., and is certified in sleep medicine and neurology
«Sleep has always been considered negotiable,» says Ralph Downey III, PhD, chief
of sleep medicine at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California.
Gozal, then director
of sleep medicine at Tulane University, took 297 New Orleans first - graders who were performing poorly at school and screened them for apnea.
To find out, Jeffrey Ellenbogen, chief of the division
of sleep medicine at Harvard University's Massachusetts General Hospital, and his colleagues asked 12 healthy people to spend three nights in his sleep lab.
That's according to Judith Owens, director
of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, a consultant with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the sleep expert I interviewed for a post in The New York Times» Motherlode blog on how parents are the new big brother.
For babies, «the most important part of any bedtime routine is putting him down in the crib just before he falls asleep,» says Judith Owens, M.D., Parents advisor and director
of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center, in Washington, D.C..
«If your child goes to day care,» sleep specialist Rafael Pelayo, an associate professor
of sleep medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, says, «shoot for the same schedule that the facility imposes regarding naps.»
Dr Kate Johnson, Ph.D. is a sleep neurophysiologist and postdoctoral fellow in the Department
of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Stanford Research International.
According to the Division
of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, sticking to a sleep schedule helps increase the chances of getting the type of sleep you need.
We also know they need about 9 hours of sleep,» says Dr. Judith Owens, director
of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center.
Dr. Carol Ash, director
of sleep medicine at Meridian Health, suggests making a gradual change by moving bedtime up by 15 minutes until you're back to normal.
According to the Division
of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the consequences of sleep deprivation are arguably disastrous to your health and work performance.
Our «sleep machismo,» says Charles Czeisler, director
of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School, «glorifies sleeplessness in the way we once glorified people who could hold their liquor.»
Not exact matches
If you have trouble falling asleep, it might be because you don't have a proper
sleep routine, according to Dr. Philip Gehrman, assistant professor
of psychiatry
at the University
of Pennsylvania's Perelman School
of Medicine.
A study in the «Journal
of Clinical
Sleep Medicine» found that employees who weren't exposed to natural light at work slept an average of 46 minutes less a night than their peers with windows — and the sleep they did get was less res
Sleep Medicine» found that employees who weren't exposed to natural light
at work
slept an average
of 46 minutes less a night than their peers with windows — and the
sleep they did get was less res
sleep they did get was less restful.
«If you have to miss a night or two, then you can try and fake yourself some energy, but consistent quality
sleep is better than trying to fake it,» Shelby Harris, director
of behavioral
sleep medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, told Quartz.
The Mahavagga itself in ten sections treats
of the rules for admission to the order, for the Upasatha ceremony described above, for life during the rainy seasons, and for the celebration
at its conclusion; rules for articles
of dress and furniture;
medicines and food; the annual distribution
of robes; materials for robes; regulations for
sleeping and for sick monks; legal procedure inside the order; and, finally, procedure in case
of schism.
«When people have
slept less, it's a little like looking
at the world through dark glasses,» according to Janice Kiecolt - Glaser, longtime relationship scientist and director
of the Ohio State Institute for Behavioral
Medicine Research.
I agreed and my credit card took the hit, all while I slurped more
medicine hoping to get
at least a couple
of hours
of sleep before they began showcasing the fall fashion lineup.
They can not push a toy away if it is blocking their airway, so you put nothing in their crib or bassinet when they are
sleeping,» advises Dr. Nina Shapiro, MD, director
of Pediatric Otolaryngology
at the David Geffen School
of Medicine at UCLA.
In an article on SciJourner.org, Dr. Danny Lewin (director
of the
Sleep Disorders
Medicine Program in the National Center on
Sleep Disorders Research
at the National Institutes
of Health) states:
Dr. Debra Weese - Mayer, chief
of the Center for Autonomic
Medicine in Pediatrics
at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
of Chicago, told Reuters Health she worries that in light
of the new study, parents may forget the success
of the so - called Back to
Sleep Campaign, now called Safe to
Sleep.
«The logical decision is to breast feed and have the baby
sleep in the same room with the parent - but on a safe
sleep surface and NOT in the same bed,» Weese - Mayer, also a professor
of pediatrics
at Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine, added in an email.
Our guide is a book several mothers recommended after they saw the dark circles under my eyes: «Healthy
Sleep Habits, Happy Child» (Fawcett, $ 14.95) by sleep expert Marc Weissbluth, a professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medi
Sleep Habits, Happy Child» (Fawcett, $ 14.95) by
sleep expert Marc Weissbluth, a professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medi
sleep expert Marc Weissbluth, a professor
of clinical pediatrics
at Northwestern's Feinberg School
of Medicine.
When I chronicled our first grueling night
of sleep training two weeks ago, mothers who had successfully used the method developed by Weissbluth, a
sleep expert and professor
of clinical pediatrics
at Northwestern's Feinberg School
of Medicine, wrote and offered their support.
«The best thing parents can do is put a baby to bed early enough to avoid overtiredness,» said Jodi Mindell, a therapist and researcher
at the Center for
Sleep Medicine in Philadelphia and author
of «
Sleeping Through the Night» (HarperPerennial, $ 12).
Before joining the faculty this past year, McKenna taught
at Pomona College in California, where he collaborated with neurologist Sarah Mosko
of the University
of California, Irvine, School
of Medicine for 15 years on a series
of experiments looking into what happens physiologically when babies
sleep with their mothers instead
of alone.
She is board certified in developmental / behavioral pediatrics and
sleep medicine, and is an associate professor
of pediatrics
at the Brown Medical School.
According to a 2014 study from Northwestern
Medicine and the University
of Illinois
at Urbana - Champaign, office workers with more light exposure
at the office enjoyed many benefits, including longer
sleep durations, better
sleep quality, and better quality
of life compared to workers who did not have much exposure to natural light
at work.
According to Joyce Walsleben, associate professor
at the NYU School
of Medicine's
Sleep Disorder Center, and an internationally recognized authority in the field of sleep disorders, «twenty minutes keeps you from upsetting your schedules, getting into deeper sleep, and waking up groggy and refreshing you enough to continue safely.&r
Sleep Disorder Center, and an internationally recognized authority in the field
of sleep disorders, «twenty minutes keeps you from upsetting your schedules, getting into deeper sleep, and waking up groggy and refreshing you enough to continue safely.&r
sleep disorders, «twenty minutes keeps you from upsetting your schedules, getting into deeper
sleep, and waking up groggy and refreshing you enough to continue safely.&r
sleep, and waking up groggy and refreshing you enough to continue safely.»
He was subsequently recruited by the Chairman
of Pediatrics
at The Albert Einstein School
of Medicine and the Children's Hospital
at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY to join their rapidly growing pulmonology service and to develop their pediatric
sleep laboratory.
While setting up his practice in the winter
of 2005, Dr. Kass was simultaneously recruited by the Medical Director
of the
Sleep Disorders Center at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut to be their pediatric sleep medicine director and consul
Sleep Disorders Center
at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut to be their pediatric
sleep medicine director and consul
sleep medicine director and consultant.
Studies done
at the Touch Research Institutes
at the University
of Miami School
of Medicine found that newborns who had a bedtime massage fell asleep faster and
slept more soundly than those who didn't have one.
After 4 p.m., avoid sugary and spicy foods, which can get her kicking, says Shelby Harris, Psy.D., director
of the Behavioral
Sleep Medicine Program
at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.
At the University
of California, Irvine School
of Medicine, Department
of Neurology his research team pioneered the first studies
of the physiology and behavior
of mothers and infant
sleeping together and apart, using physiological and behavioral recording devices.
Parents wondering if they should trust Dr. Ferber's methods should be reassured by the fact that he is also board certified in pediatrics and
sleep disorders medicine and he is the director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital Boston, where he has been treating children with sleep problems since
sleep disorders
medicine and he is the director
of the Center for Pediatric
Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital Boston, where he has been treating children with sleep problems since
Sleep Disorders
at Children's Hospital Boston, where he has been treating children with
sleep problems since
sleep problems since 1978.
* SOOTHING TECHNIQUES Massage: According to Tiffany Field, Ph.D., director
of the Touch Research Institute
at Florida's University
of Miami School
of Medicine, gentle massage can decrease a baby's stress responses to painful procedures such as inoculations; reduce the discomfort
of teething, gas, constipation, and colic; and help induce
sleep.
Dr. Steven Feinsilver, director
of the Center for
Sleep Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital, told the Atlantic that people need, «on average, seven and one - quarter hours of sleep to stay healthy.&r
Sleep Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital, told the Atlantic that people need, «on average, seven and one - quarter hours
of sleep to stay healthy.&r
sleep to stay healthy.»
Look for signs
of drowsiness (he's less active, yawning or less interested in his surroundings), says Marc Weissbluth, M.D., professor
of clinical pediatrics
at Northwestern School
of Medicine and author
of Healthy
Sleep Habits, Happy Child.
«In an effort to address the common high - risk behaviors associated with infant mortality, we created the
Sleep Awareness Family Education
at Temple, or SAFE - T, program,» says Megan Heere, MD, Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics
at the Lewis Katz School
of Medicine at Temple University and Medical Director
of the Well Baby Nursery
at TUH.
Many parents hope that their baby will be a champion sleeper right off the bat, but that's usually not the case, says Nadav Traeger, M.D., director
of pediatric
sleep medicine at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
at Westchester Medical Center.
«Until we have further evidence on the efficacy
of medical cannabis for the treatment
of sleep apnea, and until its safety profile is established, patients should discuss proven treatment options with a licensed medical provider
at an accredited
sleep facility,» said lead author Dr. Kannan Ramar, professor
of medicine in the division
of pulmonary and critical care
medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
A December 2008 Institute
of Medicine report on resident duty hours says physicians should be getting
at least 5 hours
of continuous
sleep after 16 hours
of work.