If you're curious about melatonin, it's not surprising. There has been a lot of attention paid to the hormone in popular magazines and books, scholarly journals, and advertisements. You may have heard claims that melatonin cures everything from jet lag to insomnia to aging. Sleep and the Traveler A brochure dedicated to the unique problems of the traveler, including jet lag, sleep anxiety, and the sleep environment. A brochure about sleep apnea, a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep.
Brochure explains what it is, who gets it, and how it is diagnosed and treated.
For people with narcolepsy, the messages about when to sleep and when to be awake sometimes hit roadblocks or detours and arrive in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is why someone with uncontrolled narcolepsy may fall asleep while eating dinner or driving a car - times when he or she wants to be awake. This quarterly newsletter is for healthcare professionals. It offers updates on sleep research and its clinical implications, information on diagnosing and treating a variety of sleep disorders. In the archives, you can find articles on such topics as Circadian Rhythms, Parkinson's Disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and much more.