Sleep apnea is only one of the many disorders we learn about. Dement required to advance the science of sleep to a legitimate and life-saving branch of medicine through meticulous studies that span 60+ years. Very few people have the obsessive enthusiastic passionate curiosity about the intricacies of sleep that Dr. But even if you have OSA, there is no guarantee that you can stay connected for the whole big story. After all in many cases we owe this man our lives. A valid criticism of the book is that you must have a strong interest in order to wade through the entire story.Sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea are candidates for such depth of commitment. Dement mixes sound science with a memoir of personal discovery with a mildly suspenseful quest story. The biology and chemistry of sleep were peppered with anecdotes and misunderstandings.ĭr. Dement, sleep as a subject was almost exclusively in the domain of psychology. This book will never be topped as an orientation to sleep disorders because it was written by the man who (some would say singlehandedly) turned sleep study into a productive science.
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