http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com The Sound Sleep Resource Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:31:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the one graph I've found about the cause of Russert's death, "Russert's internist, Michael A. Newman, told MSNBC that an autopsy showed the journalist had an enlarged heart and that cholesterol plaque ruptured an artery, causing coronary thrombosis. He said Russert had been diagnosed earlier with coronary artery ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/06/tim-russerts-death/ My research team will be in Baltimore for the annual APSS, presenting 5 works from the past year, including: 1. Oral presentation by me on the topic of "Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients Dependent on Prescription Sleep Medications." 2. Oral presentation by Eddie Romero on the topic of "Nocturia ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/05/baltimore-trip-to-apss/ How to solve a malpractice crisis in just a few years. http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/05/why-are-doctors-moving-to-texas/ Some reporting on Fox News about the study in Pediatrics on overmedicating children in UK and USA. As always not a word about the possible link between those prescribed Ritalin and underlying sleep disorders. http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/05/overmedicating-children/ I'll be in D.C. Metro area May 2 to 7 promoting my book Sound Sleep, Sound Mind. Media events scheduled so far include booksignings in Frederick and Bethesda, Maryland, and a webinar I'll conduct through the non-profit, Witness Justice, a support group and educational resource for trauma survivors. ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/04/dc-trip/ What's remarkable and disappointing about this program is the number of kids with obvious sleep disorders. Many of the kids highlighted with bipolar disorder were clear mouth breathers. Several had thick necks or retrognathia (recessed chins). And, of course several of the kids had sleep complaints. ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/04/frontlines-program-on-overmedicated-children/ This new study is intriguing, but more analysis is needed. First, we would suspect that sleep-disordered breathing is present in some of these kids, which could produce fragmented sleep, awakenings, and ultimately short sleep duration, a fairly common presentation for SDB in children. Second, the connection to TV ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/04/sleep-patterns-affect-obesity-in-young-children/ Infant abuse numbers are reported in this article, but one of the missing links here is likely to be sleep-related. When infants don't sleep well, they cry more or they are simply awake when parents want to be asleep. The extreme sleep deprivation in the parents increases their ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/04/infant-abuse-and-parental-sleep-deprivation/ One thing that continues to puzzle us in our work at our sleep center is how frequently patients are prescribed CPAP when we suspect they should have been initiated with bilevel therapy. We work on 2nd opinion patients quite a bit, and in nearly 90% of cases, the patient ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/04/bilevel-preferred-over-cpap/ The author's article suffers from a specific and very serious flaw with respect to her disdainful comments about sleep. The flaw shows up in two related ways. First, she only discusses sleep in the context of "quantity," based on the so-called need for more hours of sleep. But that model itself ... http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/03/washington-post-is-at-it-again-more-disdainful-comments-about-sleep/