<p>Have OSA and Can't Sleep? You may have both OSA and insomnia, aka COMISA. Alex Sweetman and his colleagues are actively investigating COMISA and how it impacts our health. On this episode we talk about what we know so far, what we want to know, and the challenges it creates for treatment. Spoiler alert: I truly was amazed to discover how effective cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia can be in this population. Definitely an eye-opening discussion.</p>

Have OSA and Can't Sleep? You may have both OSA and insomnia, aka COMISA. Alex Sweetman and his colleagues are actively investigating COMISA and how it impacts our health. On this episode we talk about what we know so far, what we want to know, and the challenges it creates for treatment. Spoiler alert: I truly was amazed to discover how effective cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia can be in this population. Definitely an eye-opening discussion.

Defining COMISA with Alex Sweetman

<p>Hosted by Dr. Alison Kole—a triple-boarded pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine physician, reformed chronic insomniac, devoted mom, and unapologetic sleep health creator—this hit podcast takes you on the real, unfiltered journey inside the science and soul of sleep. Each week, with wisdom forged from the trenches of night shifts and the chaos of motherhood, Alison sits down with top-tier experts and ordinary people with extraordinary sleep stories, unraveling how sleep shapes happiness, health, and destiny. If you want the 360° truth—the wins, the setbacks, the breakthroughs—about why every hour of sleep could be the most important hour of your life, this is the show that will change how you see your pillow forever. Sleep isn’t just her passion—it’s the key to waking up to your potential. Hit subscribe and transform your nights, days, and dreams.</p>

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Hosted by Dr. Alison Kole—a triple-boarded pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine physician, reformed chronic insomniac, devoted mom, and unapologetic sleep health creator—this hit podcast takes you on the real, unfiltered journey inside the science and soul of sleep. Each week, with wisdom forged from the trenches of night shifts and the chaos of motherhood, Alison sits down with top-tier experts and ordinary people with extraordinary sleep stories, unraveling how sleep shapes happiness, health, and destiny. If you want the 360° truth—the wins, the setbacks, the breakthroughs—about why every hour of sleep could be the most important hour of your life, this is the show that will change how you see your pillow forever. Sleep isn’t just her passion—it’s the key to waking up to your potential. Hit subscribe and transform your nights, days, and dreams.

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