The Promise of Sleep A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night`s Sleep

includes index and biblioraphy

Alternative Therapies / Melatonin / Relationship Between Temporary and Persistent Insomnia / Treating Insomnia: The Case for Sleeping Pills / A Brief History of Sleep Medications / Sleeping PiUs Today / Over-the-Counter Medications / Successful Treatment: Integrating the Whole / Making Use of What We Know 7 Snoring and Sleep Apnea: The Midnight Stranglers 167 Snoring / When Snoring Becomes Sleep Apnea / The Discovery of Sleep Apnea / Apnea in Older People / Apnea in Children / Sudden Infant Death Syndrome / Treating Sleep Apnea / Light at the End of the Tunnel? 8 Ambushed by Sleep: Narcolepsy and Other Sleep Disorders 194 Narcolepsy / Letting Sleepy Dogs Lie / Treating Narcolepsy / Sleep Disorders and Safety / Acting Out the Dream: REM Behavior Disorder / Sleepwalking and Night Terrors 9 Our Chronically Fatigued Syndrome 217 The Cost of Sleep Deprivation / The Not-So-Friendly Skies / Doctors Asleep on Their Feet / Unsafe at Any Speed / The Anatomy of Fatigue / Sleepiness DuUs the Competitive Edge Part Three: When Sleep Works 10 What Does Sleep Do? 243 The Human Limits of Sleep Deprivation / Clues from Other Animals / The Budding Brain / Dispensing with Sleep 11 Sleep, Longevity, and the Immune System 262 Sleep and the Common Cold / The Immune System`s Defense Network / The Sleeping Cure / Sleep and Cell Repair 12 Mood and Vitality 272 The Biological Clock and Mood: The True Font of Vitality / The Excited Brain / Vitality in a Botde / Wonder Drugs That Affect Sleep Need? 13 The Real Life of Dreams 292 The Physiology of Dreams / The Reality of Dreams / The Interpretation of Dreams / Meaning vs. Mechanism 14 A Little Night Muse: Creativity, Productivity, and Learning 312 Night School / The Font of Creativity / The Late-Night Theater of Dreams / Lucid Dreaming / Sleeping for Productivity Part Four: Ttie Principles of Heaittiy Sleep 15 Take Stock of Yovir Personal Sleep Needs 334 Getting to Know Your Sleep Habits: Keep a Sleep Diary / Measuring Your Sleep Debt / Daily Sleep Need 16 Face Up to Your Sleep Problems 346 Deal with "Emergencies" First / Making a Self-Diagnosis / The Patients Who Never Were / Getting Help from Doctors / Understanding the Doctor`s Dilemma / Tactics and Talking Points / What Can You Expect? 17 Learn to Manage Your Sleep Crises 366 Understanding / Prevention / Napping / Self-Monitoring—The Eyes Have It / Surviving Driving / Jetting to Hell / Strategies for Dealing with Jet Lag / Shift Work / Time and Tide 18 Take Age into Account 397 Rock-a-Bye Baby / Toddlers and Young Children / The Pediatric Pioneer / The Childhood Sleep Drive / Sleep in the Teen Years / A Woman`s Childbearing Years / Middle Age and Beyond / The Later Years / Medicating the Sleep Cycles of Aging 19 Adopt a Sleep-Smart Lifestyle 419 Keys to Smart Sleep / Evaluate Your Consumption of Caffeine, Alcohol, and Other Drugs / Diet and Exercise / The Sleep Environment 20 Get a Good Night`s Sleep—Starting Tonight! (A Three-Week Sleep Camp) 435 Week 1 / Days and Nights / Week 2 / Week 3