Sleep specialists are often asked to initiate non-invasive ventilation for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The guest on our podcast today, Dr. Peter Gay, a world expert in this area, provides very helpful practical information to guide this process.

Most headache sufferers are well aware of the relationship between their disorder and sleep. In in this podcast, we discuss how understanding this association may assist our patients with both their pain and their sleep disturbances.

Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. In this podcast, we discuss the intimate relationship between sleep, sleep disorders and Alzheimer disease.

Idiopathic hypersomnia is sometimes regarded as the stepchild of narcolepsy. But it may be more common than its better known relation. In this podcast, we discussed the diagnosis and management of this elusive disorder. 

Narcolepsy most commonly starts in adolescence. But how it presents and how it is diagnosed may be different from an adult presentation. In this podcast, we discuss narcolepsy and its management in childhood and adolescence.

Although obstructive sleep apnea is most common in older adults, it can also be seen in children, often resulting in severe morbidity.  In this podcast, we discuss how to identify sleep apnea in the pediatric population and approaches to its management.

Parents of children with insomnia know how distressing this condition can be.  In this podcast, we discuss possible causes and how best to help children and families.

Being unable to fall asleep until well after midnight and preferring to sleep until at least mid morning causes serious impairment to school and work attendance and performance.  In this podcast, we discuss the nature of delayed sleep-wake phase disorder and approaches to management.

Anyone who has traveled across time zones has experienced jet lag and there are many online suggestions for counteracting the effects. In this podcast a circadian rhythm expert discussed what measures are most likely to help.

About a fifth of U.S. workers do shift work. This podcast examines how sleep professionals can best help shift workers perform and live optimally.