Sleep is a physiologic recuperative state that may be negatively affected by factors such as
psychosocial and work stress as well as external stimuli like noise. Chronic sleep loss is a …

PURPOSE Comprehensive medical care requires direct physician-patient contact, other
office-based medical activities, and medical care outside of the office. This study was a …

Importance to the field: Narcolepsy is a neurodegenerative disorder resulting in the instability
of the sleep–wake cycle and marked by low levels of hypocretin in cerebrospinal fluid. …

Obstructive sleep apnea results from structural compromise of the upper airway and
decreased muscle tone during sleep. Central sleep apnea is usually due to instability of the …

The ABCD’s of Melanoma (Table 1) have been one of the most successful mnemonics in
medicine and proven to be an excellent tool for professional and lay education about the …

Jan Luedecke, a 30-year-old landscaper, got drunk during a party in 2003 at a Toronto house
and fell asleep on a couch. Some time later, he approached a woman who was sleeping …

Normal behaviors in sleep are shown in Box 1. Parasomnias are disorders characterized by
undesirable motor, verbal, or experiential phenomena occurring in association with sleep, …

To the Editor: Factitious disorder is characterized by the invention, production, or falsification
of physical or psychological symptoms that feign a physical or mental disease. While it is …

Simon was a 57-year-old man who came to the sleep center for evaluation of insomnia. He
was referred by his psychiatrist after years of sleep related difficulties that were unresponsive …

Sleep Medicine was created in the early 1970s, and since efforts have been made to have a
field based on organized education of professionals. Educational programs were aimed at …