Restless Nights: Understanding Snoring and Sleep Apnea
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This title is useful for people who snore. People with severe sleep apnea may struggle for breath all through the night, not breathing for as long as 90 seconds at a time during their sleep. This syndrome, which affects … More >>
Restless Nights: Understanding Snoring and Sleep Apnea
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Restless Nights is a wonderful book. It takes a serious medical subject, sleep apnea, and clarifies it in a way that is both intriguing and fascinating. The book is a comprehensive yet readable explanation of this potentially serious medical problem, as well as its many serious health and quality-of-life consequences.
Like his earlier book, The Enchanted World of Sleep, (which I found also a captivating read), Restless Nights clarifies the science of the syndrome, the most current research, implications for public health (such as its impact on transportation safety, work and general quality of life), and proposals for reform of treatment approaches. Most importantly, Lavie discusses the syndrome in the larger context of its impact on general health, particularly cardiovascular disease.
The layperson will find this book readable and engrossing-Lavie’s style interweaves scientific information with practical examples, including his historical and literary survey of sleep apnea. Remember Joe from Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers?
The medical professional will also find this book must reading. Recent research-some of it performed and published by Lavie and his Technion colleagues-is beginning to shed light on the connections between sleep apnea and general health.
Lavie is particularly well-qualified to write this book. According to the book, he has helped establish and administer sleep research and treatment centers on several continents, including a group of clinics at major hospitals affiliated with Harvard. He is the past Dean of the Medical Faculty of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. I also know from my past reading that Lavie has also been among the pioneers and leading researchers in sleep medicine for the past quarter century.
I recommend this book highly.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have been diagnosed with apnea and use a CPAP. I bought four books to gain a deeper insight into my condition. While informative this book does not cover the subject nearly as well as Sleep Apnea – Phantom of the Night. I would not recommend buy of this book. In fact this was the least helpful.
Rating: 1 / 5
OK, it’s carefully researched and has some fascinating historical notes, but I was looking an in-depth exploration of sleep apnea. This isn’t it. Also, I noticed the language was slightly odd in places. I reckon it was translated into English, not always successfully in spots.
Rating: 3 / 5
I was recently diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and wanted to learn all that I could about it.
This book was filled with information and I would definately recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about this condition.
Rating: 5 / 5
When first diagnosed with sleep apnea I didn’t know where to turn. This book really helped me. I was an simple read and had alot of useful information. I would recommend it to anyone who suffers as I do.
Rating: 4 / 5