What parents know and don’t know about sleep! In 2011 Dr. Judith Owens conducted a survey to examine parental knowledge about beliefs about healthy sleep. It was directed for parents of children from 3 months to 12 years of age. In her findings, nearly half the parents reported that children did not have consistent bedtimes… Read more »
Sleep and Headaches is a complex relationship including associations with RLS, OSA, Insomnia, and Hypnic Headaches (Poceta et al 2008). “Because children with migraine headaches have a high prevalence of sleep disturbances, they should all be evaluated for the presence of sleep problems” (Isik et al 2006). Polysomnogram Findings in Headaches include: Sleep disorder breathing,… Read more »
Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News ABC’s Ron Claiborne puts himself to the test to see just how dangerous sleepy driving is. We all know how potentially dangerous texting and driving is but what most of fail to think about before we hit the wheel is,… Read more »
Sleep problems are common in children with FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorders) on both subjective and objective measures. Primarily in areas concerning for pediatric insomnia. Other associated findings observed in sleep studies include sleep disordered breathing and fragmented sleep. Because these symptoms may overlap with non-teratogenic ADHD it is advised that a clinical sleep health… Read more »
Treatments for Adults I am commonly asked what I feel about a certain treatment. Melatonin, Dental Devices, and new medications. My answer is always “what are you treating”. As discussed in my Sleep 101 Series, treating sleep begins with establishing a diagnosis. Disrupted sleep is a symptom, and once we find what the cause(s) are… Read more »
