Season 6 | Episode 9 DR. DOUGLAS BRADLEY, GUEST The world of sleep medicine has had several large recent disruptions with COVID-19 and the Philips Respironics recall. These haven’t been the only ones. If we look back almost a decade, sleep medicine was [...]

Season 6 | Episode 8 LAURA CASTILLO AND DR. DAVID GOZAL, GUESTS We know that there are a billion people in the world with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and that it simply isn’t practical to have every person undergo a sleep study. [...]

Season 6 | Episode 7 DR. RONEIL MALKANI, GUEST There are a handful of direct-to-consumer devices that claim to improve the quality of our sleep by using acoustic stimulation. What is the science behind these devices? Dr. Roneil Malkani is an associate professor [...]

Season 6 | Episode 6 DR. LISA WOLFE, GUEST While CPAP devices are similar across manufacturers, there are more significant differences in the advanced modalities of ventilatory support. Dr. Lisa Wolfe is well known for her granular knowledge of mechanical ventilation, including noninvasive [...]

Season 6 | Episode 5 DR. CHRIS BOJRAB, GUEST We know that CBT-I is the gold standard treatment for insomnia, but it remains inaccessible for many due to cost or the limited availability of trained professionals. For patients with comorbid mental health disorders, [...]

Season 6 | Episode 4 DR. SONAL MALHOTRA, GUEST While sleep disorders are associated with numerous health complications, one area that doesn’t receive much attention is the impact of sleep and sleep disorders on those with sickle cell anemia. A study published in [...]

Season 6 | Episode 3 DR. RACHEL SALAS AND DR. SARA BENJAMIN, GUESTS Johns Hopkins colleagues Dr. Rachel Salas and Dr. Sara Benjamin discuss the basics of treating restless legs syndrome (RLS), focusing on an updated algorithm published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings [...]

Season 6 | Episode 2 DR. BRENDAN LUCEY, GUEST We routinely see patients with dementia in our sleep clinics but often do not meet them until they present with a sleep complaint such as insomnia or obstructive sleep apnea. We know that sleep [...]

Season 6 | Episode 1 DR. GHADA BOURJEILY, GUEST Welcome to Season 6 of Talking Sleep. We are starting the new year by examining that time in our lives when we welcome new lives into the world. We often think about pregnancy as [...]

Talking Sleep Season 5 | Episode 23 Keeping Up with the Changes to the Scoring Manual DR. MATT TROESTER, DR. ALCIBIADES RODRIGUEZ, AND DR. RICH BERRY, GUESTS The AASM released an update to The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated [...]