The Promise Of Sleep

Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential diet, exercise, or heredity. Yet we are a sleep-sick society, than ignorant of the facts of sleep -- and the price of sleep deprivation. Taking readers on a fascinating tour of our sleeping body and mind, Dr. William C. Dement reveals the price paid for ignoring sleep -- an epidemic of heart disease, traffic-fatigue-related accidents (responsible for a full third of all traffic accidents), and immeasurable mental and psychological disadvantages. Offering a hands-on prescription for vibrant good health and longevity, "The Promise of Sleep" includes self-tests to determine how much sleep you really need, fun information on the role of prescription and over-the-counter sleeping aids, the latest research on how sleep affects the immune system, helpful methods for combating insomnia, snoring, and jet lag, plus information on sleep disorder clinics nationwide, sleep disorder Web sites, and more.