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(Producer) Shot in part on the road with the often sleep-deprived White House press corp, this program illuminates the integral role proper rest plays in our everyday-and "every night"--Lives. Experts discuss such topics as internal clocks, circadian rhythms, dreams, insomnia, and the effects of caffeine and sleeping pills. The program points out the alarming fact that in our 24-hour culture, where sleep has become the lowest priority, 62 percent...

The author "reveals his proven, six-step plan to improve your sleep and presents his tips for dealing with issues such as insomnia, disrupted sleep, daytime exhaustion, restlessness, sleepwalking, and other chronic sleep conditions. He also offers you advice for handling jet lag, coping with shift work, and staying awake at the wheel"--Publisher description.

Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep--and the price of sleep deprivation. In this groundbreaking book, based on decades of study on the frontiers of sleep science, the author, founder and director of the Stanford University Sleep Research Center, explains what...

"Provides basic consumer health information about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sleep disorders in children and adults, along with facts about diseases that affect sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--

"The world's #1 parenting expert debunks common myths about sleep, redefines our understanding of a child's sleep needs and presents an abundance of foolproof advice for parents that will help them get their child to sleep soundly through the night."--Publishers description.

Examines the complex world of sleep and discusses whether or not women sleep differently than men and if killing someone while sleepwalking would count as murder.

"A profound exploration of the precious resource of sleep and of the causes and consequences of getting too little of it."--Jacket. "Michael McGirr always had trouble sleeping. The arrival of baby twins, however, made him realize that he'd never before known true exhaustion. And while he celebrated these small children who brought him so much joy and tiredness, he found himself on a desperate and bone-weary journey in search of just a few extra winks...

"Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment is aimed at clinicians and non-specialists, and covers the whole area of sleep, from the history of sleep medicine to sleep physiology, pathophysiology of sleep disorders, effective treatment and long-term management of the problem." "Peretz Lavie, Giora Pillar and Atul Malhotra have developed strategies for the management and aggressive treatment of sleep disorders which are now used worldwide...

Does the early bird really catch the worm, or end up health, wealthy and wise? Can some people really exist on just a few hours' sleep a night? Does everybody dream? Do fish dream? How did people cope before alarm clocks and caffeine? And is anybody getting enough sleep? Even though we will devote a third of our lives to sleep, we still know remarkably little about its origins and purpose. Paul Martin's Counting Sheep answers these questions and more...

"This reference covers all of the major topics concerning dreaming and sleep, based on the latest empirical evidence from sleep research as well as drawn from a broad range of disciplinary contexts, including history, and anthropology"--Provided by publisher.