If you get the recommended eight hours of sleep per night, you spend a third of your life asleep. Why dedicate so much time to sleeping, and how can one get the most out of those eight hours? In this episode, Dr. Allison Reiss joins us for an insightful conversation about how sleep helps the brain, what the brain does while we are asleep, tips for improving one’s sleep hygiene and much more. 

Guest: Allison Reiss, MD, internal medicine physician, head, Inflammation Laboratory, New York University (NYU) Langone Hospital-Long Island, associate professor of medicine, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, member, Medical, Scientific & Memory Screening Advisory Board, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

For more information about sleep, listen to our episode with Dr. Steven Barczi, “The Importance of Sleep for a Healthy Life,” mentioned by Dr. Chin at 1:40.

Learn more about Dr. Reiss and her publications from her profile on the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine website.

Learn more about the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s Medical, Scientific & Memory Screening Advisory Board, which includes Drs. Chin and Reiss, by visiting their website.

Learn more about the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) on their website.

Watch a recording of “Sleeping Your Way to Better Brain Health” presented by Dr. Steven Barczi.

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