Menopause is a time of significant changes in sleep, as well as a range of other symptoms. Why does this occur and how can symptoms be addressed? In this episode we talk with Dr Sonia Davison, Endocrinologist and expert in Women's Health.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline / Chapters:

• 00:00 - 03:05 Introduction
• 03:05 - 26:55 Theme - Menopause
• 26:55 - 27:40 Clinical Tip
• 27:40 - 30:08 Pick of the Month
• 30:08 - 31:23 What's Coming Up?

Next episode: What is Normal Sleep?

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Australian Menopause Society
• Jean Hailes
• Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats- Book by Prof Myra Hunter
• Brain Changer- Book by Prof Felice Jacka
• Why Can't We Sleep?- Book by Darian Leader

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Sleep problems are common in pregnancy and change as pregnancy evolves. What happens to sleep during pregnancy? What is the best way to deal with sleep through pregnancy? In this episode we tackle these questions with the help of Dr Liora Kempler of Integrated Sleep Health.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline / Chapters:

• 00:00 - 02:17 Introduction
• 02:17 - 26:54 Theme - Sleep in Pregnancy
• 26:54 - 28:48 Clinical Tip
• 28:48 - 31:52 Pick of the Month
• 31:52 - 32:50 What's Coming Up?

Next episode: Menopause

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Parliamentary Inquiry in to Sleep Health
• Integrated Sleep Health
• Sleep tips for new parents- blog
• Sleep in new parents- podcast
• Effects of rumination and worry on sleep- journal article
• Orthosomnia: Are Some Patients Taking the Quantified Self Too Far?- journal article

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Symptoms of tiredness, fatigue and sleepiness are common in chronic fatigue syndrome. How can these symptoms be addressed and sleep improved in people with fatigue syndromes? In this episode we tackle these questions with the help of Nathan Butler of Active Health Clinic.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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• 00:00 - 01:40 Introduction
• 01:40 - 26:43 Theme - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• 26:43 - 27:28 Clinical Tip
• 27:28 - 34:07 Pick of the Month
• 34:07 - 35:05 What's Coming Up?

Next episode: Sleep in Pregnancy

• Parliamentary Inquiry in to Sleep Health
• Active Health Clinic
• Emerge Australia
• Let it go - Podcast episode
• 2019 ME/CFS International Research Symposium
• Proposed Mental Health changes - Health Report
• Insomnia Disorder Subtypes - Lancet Psychiatry
• Active Health Clinic Wellness Tribe

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Are naps a good idea? How long should naps be? How can you get better at napping? Listen to this episode of Sleep Talk as we tackle these questions with the help of nativist Thea O'Connor of NapNow.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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• 00:00 - 01:19 Introduction
• 01:19 - 25:55 Theme - Naps
• 25:55 - 27:30 Clinical Tip
• 27:30 - 30:16 Pick of the Month
• 30:16 - 31:40 What's Coming Up?

Next episode: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Parliamentary Inquiry in to Sleep Health
• NapNow
• Powernap Register
• Sleep Health Foundation Factsheet
• SleepHub Blog on Naps
• Napping. A psychologist’s perspective.
• Night School - Book
• Dangerously Sleepy - Book

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What are the common sleeping pills used for insomnia? When should they be used and what should you look out for when using sleeping pills? We address these questions and more with the help of Prof Wallace Mendelsen who also discusses the history of using substances to help with sleep, which puts current practice in perspective. 

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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• 00:00 - 02:29 Introduction
• 02:29 - 31:03 Theme - Sleeping Pills
• 31:03 - 32:33 Clinical tip
• 32:33 - 35:33 Pick of the month
• 35:33 - 36:45 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Napping

• Sleep Awareness Week
• Sleep Down Under meeting
• SEAASM meeting
• Phase 3 clinical trial of sodium oxybate for narcolepsy
• Phase 3 clinical trial of ACT-541468 for insomnia
• What medications are used for insomnia in Australia? - Research paper
• Natural history of insomnia - Research paper
• Understanding Sleeping Pills- book
• Medication for Insomnia- blog post
• Insomnia: prevalence, consequences and effective treatment- Review paper
• Wide Awake and Dreaming- Audio book
• Sex Lies and Pharmaceuticals - Book

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How is sleepiness measured? Can sleepiness from different causes be differentiated? What new tools are being developed? These are questions that come up in clinical practice every day and are important when putting together treatment plans for people with symptoms of hypersomnolence (sleepiness) or hypersomnia disorders. We address these questions and more with the help of Assistant Prof David Plante from University of Wisconsin. 

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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• 00:00 - 02:11 Introduction
• 02:11 - 19:11 Theme - Measuring sleepiness
  • 02:11 - 04:13 Introduction
  • 04:13 - 16:51 Interview - A Prof David Plante - Measuring sleepiness
  • 16:51 - 19:11 Discussion
• 19:11 - 21:44 Clinical tip: Acknowledge uncertainty
• 21:44 - 25:05 Pick of the month:
  • 2144 - 23:54 Moira - Social jetlag in Australian adults
  • 23:54 - 25:05  David - Dopesick - Book
• 25:05 - 26:27 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Sleeping pills

• Phase 3 clinical trial of sodium oxybate for narcolepsy
• Idiopathic hypersomnia awareness week
• Assist Prof David Plante- Research laboratory home page
• Sleep propensity in psychiatric hypersomnolence- meta-analysis
• Sleep architecture in idiopathic hypersomnia- meta-analysis
• MSLT testing repeatability- US paper
• MSLT testing repeatability- French paper
• Social jetlag in Australian adults
• Dopesick- book

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What changes in sleep are seen in depression? Is the sleepiness seen in people with depression different from other forms of sleepiness? What can be done to improve sleep disturbance and sleepiness in depression? We address these questions and more with the help of Assistant Prof David Plante from University of Wisconsin and Associate Prof Sean Cain from Monash University.

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• 00:00 - 02:50 Introduction
• 02:50 -32:40 Theme - Sleep in Depression
  • 02:50 - 04:31 Introduction
  • 04:31 - 18:27 Interview - A Prof David Plante - sleep in depression
  • 18:27 - 19:27 Discussion
  • 19:27 - 29:50 Interview - A Prof Sean Cain - anti-depressants, light and circadian rhythm in depression
  • 29:50 - 32:40 Summary and where to find more information
• 32:40 - 33:11 Clinical tip: Don't under-estimate the role of anxiety
• 33:11 - 35:51 Pick of the month:
  • 33:11 - 34:02 Moira - Sleep deprivation and depression in adolescents
  • 34:02 - 35:51  David - Bipolar mood and lunar cycles
• 35:51 - 37:15 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Measuring Sleepiness

• Australian Financial Review - special on sleep
• Australian Financial Review - Q & A on sleep
• Assist Prof David Plante- Research laboratory home page
• Sleepiness in depression - meta-analysis
• Assoc Prof Sean Cain - Monash University profile
• Evening types demonstrate reduced SSRI treatment efficacy
• Citalopram increases sensitivity of the circadian system to light
• Chronic sleep deprivation and risk of depression in adolescents
• Bipolar mood and tidal cycles
• Sleep DownUnder 2018 conference, Brisbane
• SEAASM 4 2018 conference, Lucknow

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What really is the relationship between light, the circadian rhythm and mood? How might modern anti-depressants alter that relationship? We address these questions and more with the help of Associate Prof Sean Cain from Monash University.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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• 00:00 - 04:48 Introduction
• 04:48 -33:07 Theme - Rhythm and Blues
  • 04:48 - 25:13 Interview - A Prof Sean Cain - Light, sleep and mood
  • 25:13 - 30:03 Discussion and where to find more information
• 30:03 - 30:57 Clinical tip: Beware SSRIs in eveningness-types
• 30:57 - 36:51 Pick of the month:
  • 30:57 - 32:17 Moira - Melatonin for delayed phase
  • 32:17 - 34:16 David - The Science of Sleep- Wallace Mendelson
  • 34:16 - 36:51 Sean - Magnetoreception in birds
• 36:51 - 38:02 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Sleep in depression

• Assoc Prof Sean Cain - Monash University profile
• Evening types demonstrate reduced SSRI treatment efficacy- research article in Chronobiology
• Citalopram increases sensitivity of the circadian system to light - research article in Psychopharmacology
• Seasonal effective disorder (SADs) - podcast episode
• Light therapy - blog post
• Teens and screens - podcast episode
• Chronotherapeutics for Affective Disorders- Book
• Melatonin for delayed sleep-wake phase disorder - research article
• The Science of Sleep- Book by Wallace Mendelson
• Magneto-receptors in birds - research article
• Bipolar mood and tidal cycles- research article

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Highlights from the Sleep Down Under 2018 meeting in Brisbane. Topics highlighted are narcolepsy, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep health, and the effects of caffeine on sleep.

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• 00:00 - 01:30 Caffeine and sleep
• 01:30 - 03:26 Narcolepsy
• 03:26 - 06:29 Insomnia
• 06:29 - 08:39 Sleep health
• 08:39 - 10:12 Obstructive sleep apnea
• 10:12 - 11:02 Subscribe to Sleep Talk podcast and attend Sleep DownUnder 2019

• Sleep DownUnder meeting- Brisbane October 2018
• Recent paper on T-cells in narcolepsy
• CBTi Coach
• Sleepio
• Shuti program
• Using polysomnographic measures to physiologically phenotype obstructive sleep apnea
• Sleep Talk podcast on iTunes
• Sleep Talk app on iOS
• Sleep DownUnder 2019, Oct 17-19 Sydney

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Interested in the latest research on sleep discussed by world experts? Check out this update from the Sleep 2018 meeting in Baltimore. With the help of Dr Simon Frenkel (Sleep Physician), we discuss the latest in sleep research, new sleep products and thinking in the management of sleep disorders.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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• 00:00 - 01:50 Introduction
• 01:50 - 03:59 What's news in sleep?
  • Sleeping Beauty diet
  • Magpies netball and sleep
• 03:59 -25:07 Theme - Sleep 2018
  • 03:59 - 06:20 Introduction
  • 06:20 - 17:10 Sleep loss
  • 17:10 -21:40 Insomnia
  • 21:40 - 24:10 Sleep technology
  • 24:10 - 25:07 More information on Sleep 2018 meeting
• 25:07 - 26:55 Clinical tip: Shift circadian rhythms faster
• 26:55 - 28:55 Pick of the month:
  • 26:55 - 27:26 David - Update on narcolepsy treatments - Julie Flygare
  • 27:26 - 28:55 Simon - Guidelines for treatment of nightmares
• 28:55 - 30:28 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: Rhythm and Blues

• Sleep 2018 meeting- Baltimore June 2018
• Sleeping Beauty diet
• Magpies netball team
• Eve Van Cauter's research
• Review of short sleep phenotype in insomnia
• Shuti program
• Ōura ring
• Intensive sleep retraining treatment
• Thim device
• Solreamphetol / JZP-110- new drug for sleepiness
• Sleep 2018 - Post-graduate courses
• Sleep 2019 meeting- San Antonio June 2019
• Update on narcolepsy treatments
• Guidelines for the treatment of nightmares
• SEAASM 4th International meeting- Lucknow October 2018
• Sleep Down Under meeting- Brisbane October 2018
• Sleep 2019 meeting- San Antonio June 2019

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