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 »
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 »
There was a time when having your tonsils removed seemed like a childhood rite of passage. “We went through a time years ago where everybody got their tonsils out very quickly,” says Dr. Daniel McKenna, an otolaryngologist with the medical staff of Lee Memorial Health System. It eliminated frequent bouts of tonsillitis, which used to… Read more »
World-class athletes competing in the Olympics obviously need their sleep if they’re going to bring home the gold. For those of us who can only dream of top-level gymnastics and track, counting sheep is just as important. “More has been learned about sleep over the last decade than the last century beforehand,” says Dr. Jose… Read more »
