Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine

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.

How can sleep professionals help advocate for later school start times for adolescents? In this podcast we meet a sleep specialist who was successful in his efforts.

Insufficient sleep is an epidemic in modern life. But how long should we optimally sleep? Is biphasic sleep healthy? This podcast addresses issues of optimal length and timing of sleep and the consequences of sleep deprivation.

The AASM recommendation that laboratories use the 3%/arousal definition of hypopnea is in conflict with the definition used by CMS. This podcast explores practical scenarios raised by this issue.

A sleep specialist discusses his personal struggles and successes with using CPAP

How can we help commercial drivers and yet protect the public?

How can we most optimally but safety serve commercial and private pilots?

Should all patients who have suffered a stroke be checked for sleep apnea? A neurologist with expertise in this area discusses the problem.