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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about what happens when we go to sleep? What s the right amount? Why do we experience jet lag? Is snoring normal? Enter Dr. Meir Kryger, a world authority on the science of sleep, with a comprehensive guide to the science of slumber that combines detailed case studies, helpful tables, illustrations, and pragmatic advice. Everyone needs sleep, and many of us will experience...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Draws on cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques in a guide to understanding what contributes to sleep problems and how to minimize medication dependency, sharing coverage of subjects ranging from insomnia and sleep apnea to restless leg syndrome and circadian sleep disorders.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Hello Sleep is a practical and compassionate guide to having a better relationship with sleep and overcoming insomnia from Jade Wu, an experienced expert in behavioral sleep medicine. For many people who have trouble sleeping, each night is an anxious odyssey where getting a good night's sleep feels like a battle to win rather than a basic biologic process. Hello Sleep is a guide for people with insomnia to help them shift their relationship with...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
vi, 182 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
News about sleep is everywhere we turn, and the statistics are numbing: Some 50-70 million Americans are affected by chronic sleep disorders and intermittent sleep problems; an estimated 30-35% of adults complain of insomnia; one in every 25 Americans takes a prescription sleep medication; more than a third of American adults don't get enough sleep on a regular basis; sleep disorders account for an estimated $16 billion in medical costs each year,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
"The perennial favorite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with ease--now completely revised and expanded! In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the country's leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your children's sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step...
Author
Publisher
NewMoon Media
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
103 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hush is not just another book of sleep tips--it is more a book of sleep transformation. Born of an integration of sleep science and spirituality, Hush was written to complement medical perspectives with more traditional sacred views of sleep and dreams. Its "one hundred prescriptions" were carefully craftyed to speak to both the mind as well as the heart. They are not so much intended to provoke deep analysis, but rather to invoke deep sleep."--Page...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and former insomniac Diane Macedo, comes a practical, user-friendly guide to getting better sleep. The Sleep Fix flips the switch on common advice, illuminating the reporter's relentless search for how to get a good night's sleep and the surprising, scientific, and practical solutions she found along the way.
Roughly thirty percent of the population is estimated to be living with insomnia, while many more...
Series
Nursing clinics of North America volume 37, no. 4
Publisher
W.B. Saunders Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xv, pp. 583-839 : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Is high-quality sleep the missing component to help you shed fat for good, stave off diseases, and keep you productive? In Sleep Smarter, Shawn Stevenson, host of the popular podcast, The Model Health Show, answers these and many other sleep-related questions.As a teenager, Stevenson was diagnosed with a degenerative bone disease. He gave up on his health and his body, until he decided to fight back.Through years of research and consulting health...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xi, 171 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Good sleep, including positive dreaming, is essential to good health. In this friendly guide to cultivating deep, restful sleep - naturally - mindfulness and dreamwork expert Tzivia Gover offers practical lifestyle advice, easy yoga poses, 10-minute meditations, simple breathing exercises, visualization and journaling activities, and lots of encouragement and inspiration. You'll learn how to set the stage for safe, productive dreaming, cultivate your...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Nearly all babies fight sleep. Some people argue that parents should let their baby "cry it out" until the child falls asleep; others say parents should tough it out from dusk until dawn. Neither tactic fosters happiness in the family. The No-Cry Sleep Solution gives parents a third option: a proven method to pin-point the root of sleep problems and solve them in a way that is gentle to babies, effective for parents, and provides peace in the home....
16) Killer dreams
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
If you close your eyes, he'll get you. Sophie Dunston knows all too well how dreams can kill. As one of the nation's top sleep therapists, she specializes in the life-threatening night terrors that her ten-year-old son, Michael, suffers from. But she is also an expert in another kind of terror--the kind that can turn a dream life into a living nightmare in the blink of an eye.
17) Sleep disorders
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the causes, treatment, and history of sleep disorders"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Avery, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive guide to the varied sleep disorders that affect children from infancy to adolescence, many of which are commonly misdiagnosed, offering new wisdom to parents about how to ease their child's troubles"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
x, 342 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether it's a bout of bad jet lag or a stress-induced all-nighter, we've all suffered from nights that left us feeling less than well-rested. But for some people, getting a bad night's sleep isn't just an inconvenience: it's a nightmare. In Sleepyhead, science writer Henry Nicholls uses his own experience with chronic narcolepsy as a gateway to better understanding the cryptic, curious, and relatively uncharted world of sleep disorders. We meet...
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