Why is sleep health important for Workplace Safety and Occupational Medicine? Did you know… FACT: Fatigued workers are 70% more likely to be involved in workplace accidents. FACT: Sleep-related fatigue costs business $150 billion a year in medical costs, absenteeism, workplace accidents, and lost productivity. FACT: Presenteeism (attending work while sick), accidents, poor judgment and… Read more »
The true star of Paradise Sleep Children’s Books Series is WASO the owl. WASO (Wake After Sleep Onset). This is what parents complain about most. Parents commonly eventually get their kids to sleep, but they wake up and come back to parents room, do things around the house, etc… This is why WASO is… Read more »
• One-Third of our lives are spent in sleep. • Learning and memory is directly tied to sleep. • In 1998, in the U.S.A. there were 2,474,430 disabling injuries resulting from accidents where decreased mental efficiency and attentiveness due to sleep loss was the major causative factor. • Sleep Apnea is an independent rick factor… Read more »
Understanding Normal Sleep Is The Key To Understanding Any Sleep Disorder The key to understanding any sleep disorder is understanding normal sleep. Just as there are there are different types of sleep disorders, there are different types of sleep studies. There are different indications as well. Here are three of the most common sleep studies… Read more »
Sleep deprivation is a known trigger for seizures. And people with epilepsy can have increases in types of sleep disorders that may influence there seizure control. Our site focuses on sleep disorders. But this post has a focus on seizure disorders. OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is more prevalent in the Epilepsy population. It is well… Read more »
