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Neural transmission. --- Intrinsic optical imaging. --- Neurons --- Gene targeting. --- Physiology.

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Sleep Loss and Obesity: Intersecting Epidemics  represents a major contribution to the field of sleep medicine.  It is a comprehensive review of the neurobiology of sleep, circadian timing and obesity, the deleterious effects of sleep loss and obesity on health. The number of individuals who are obese has reached alarming levels.  As a result, the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, heart disease, and kidney failure have also increased.  The surgeon general estimates that the total annual cost of obesity in the US is about $117 billion.  This cost is expected to escalate significantly because the number of overweight and obese children is increasing rapidly.  Indeed, the new generation is expected to have a shorter life-span then their parents.  In addition, sleep loss is emerging as an important contributing factor to obesity.  People who sleep less or are sleep deprived tend to eat more, especially carbohydrates, and have a higher body mass index. Increased weight restricts the upper airway, causing obstructive sleep apnea and further sleep loss.  In the end there is a vicious cycle of weight gain and sleep loss.   In the past few years there has been a tremendous growth in our understanding of brain mechanisms controlling energy metabolism.  Interestingly the neurons regulating waking also regulate feeding.  There is also a mechanism that regulates the timing of feeding and sleep.  In shift-workers this system is likely to be disturbed, and this has an adverse impact on both feeding and sleep.   Sleep Loss and Obesity: Intersecting Epidemics is the first title to clearly examine how obesity and sleep loss are interacting epidemics. This fascinating title makes the link between energy metabolism, sleep and circadian timing; identifies poor sleep as a risk-factor for obesity in children and adults and offers treatment strategies for obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. This book will be a vital source of information for all physicians interested in sleep disorders and obesity. It will also be of value to neuroscientists, health system administrators, and policy makers.

Medicine. --- Obesity. --- Sleep disorders. --- Sleep disorders --- Obesity --- Overnutrition --- Overweight --- Dyssomnias --- Sleep Disorders --- Body Weight --- Nutrition Disorders --- Signs and Symptoms --- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases --- Nervous System Diseases --- Body Size --- Mental Disorders --- Diseases --- Body Weights and Measures --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Body Constitution --- Physical Examination --- Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures --- Diagnosis --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic --- Psychiatry --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Psychiatric Disorders, Individual --- Neurology --- Insomnia. --- Abnormal wakefulness --- Sleeplessness --- Adiposity --- Corpulence --- Fatness --- Neurosciences. --- Internal medicine. --- Endocrinology. --- Respiratory organs --- Neurology. --- Psychiatry. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Internal Medicine. --- Diseases. --- Sleep deprivation --- Wakefulness --- Body weight --- Metabolism --- Nutrition disorders --- Disorders --- Pneumology. --- Medicine and psychology --- Mental health --- Psychology, Pathological --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Medicine, Internal --- Internal medicine --- Hormones --- Neuropsychiatry --- Neurology . --- Endocrinology . --- Respiratory organs—Diseases.

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Sleep disorders represent a major portion of the chief complaints seen by pulmonologists and other physicians.  Sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome for example, are common disorders with significant adverse health consequences. Sleep apnea is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, impaired quality of life and increased motor vehicle accidents. In addition, sleep apnea often co-exists with other chronic conditions including obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and tobacco use disorder.  Patients with sleep-related conditions often present with non-specific complaints that require a broad and detailed knowledge of the wide range of sleep disorders. In Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology, a concise, evidence-based review of sleep medicine for the pulmonologist is presented. Providing a focused, scientific basis for the effects of sleep on human physiology, especially cardiac and respiratory physiology, chapters also outline a differential diagnosis for common sleep complaints and an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management. This includes a review of the current standards of practice and of emerging technology and unresolved issues awaiting further research. Each chapter includes a summary of current research and outlines future research directions and issues. In all, Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology provides a clear diagnostic and management program for all the different sleep disorders, with a major focus on respiratory disorders of sleep, and includes key points and summaries. Developed by an international group of renowned authors, Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An Approach for Clinical Pulmonology is an invaluable resource for pulmonologists, respiratory care practitioners, polysomnographic technologists, graduate students, clinical researchers, and other health professionals seeking an in-depth review of sleep medicine.

Sleep -- Physiological aspects. --- Sleep disorders -- Diagnosis. --- Sleep disorders. --- Sleep therapy. --- Sleep disorders --- Nervous System Physiological Processes --- Apnea --- Investigative Techniques --- Nervous System Diseases --- Internal Medicine --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Psychophysiology --- Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic --- Psychological Phenomena and Processes --- Medicine --- Diseases --- Respiration Disorders --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Dyssomnias --- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena --- Health Occupations --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Respiratory Tract Diseases --- Phenomena and Processes --- Sleep Apnea Syndromes --- Sleep Disorders --- Methods --- Physiology --- Pulmonary Medicine --- Sleep --- Psychiatry --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Respiratory System Diseases --- Psychiatric Disorders, Individual --- Physiological aspects. --- Disorders of sleep --- Medicine. --- Internal medicine. --- Respiratory organs --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Internal Medicine. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- Diseases. --- Nervous system --- Psychology, Pathological --- Pneumology. --- Emergency medicine. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Medicine, Internal --- Respiratory organs—Diseases. --- Primary medical care --- Medical care