The Promise of Sleep by William C. Dement

Offering a hands-on prescription for vibrant good health and longevity, THE PROMISE OF SLEEP includes self-tests to determine how much sleep you really need, full information on the role of prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids, the latest research on how sleep affects the immune system, helpful methods for combating insomnia, snoring, and jet lag, plus information on sleep disorder clinics nationwide, sleep disorder Web sites, and more. Dement reveals the price paid for ignoring sleep-an epidemic of heart disease, traffic-fatigue-related accidents (responsible for a full third of all traffic accidents), and immeasurable mental and psychological disadvantages. Taking readers on a fascinating tour of our sleeping body and mind, Dr. And he offers a hands-on prescription for vibrant good health and longevity, lf-tests to determine how much sleep you really need.the role of prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids.the latest research on how sleep affects the immune system.how to combat insomnia, snoring, and jet lag.plus information on sleep disorder clinics nationwide, Web sites, and more.

Dement reveals the price we have paid for ignoring sleep-an epidemic of heart disease, 33 percent of traffic-fatigue-related accidents, and immeasurable mental and psychological disadvantages. Taking us on a fascinating tour of our sleeping body and mind, Dr.

He is the director and founder of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, the world's first sleep disorders center. William Dement, founder and director of the Stanford University Sleep Research Center, explains what happens when we sleep, when we don't, and how we can reclaim the most powerful-and underrated-health miracle of all. Dement, M.D., Ph.D., is the world's leading authority on sleep, sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation. In this groundbreaking book, based on decades of study on the frontiers of sleep science, Dr. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep-and the price of sleep deprivation.

Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. Sleep better, live longer with the groundbreaking information and step-by-step program in this revolutionary book.

The Promise of Sleep by William C. Dement