Trouble Sleeping? Somerset Medical Center Sleep for Life Center Can Help

Dec. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- The cumulative long-term effects of lack of sleep has been associated with a wide range of serious health problems, including hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart attack and stroke.

The Institute of Medicine's Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research's 2006 report, Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem, concluded that significant advances must be made in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders.

Sleep for Life, Inc., is committed to advancing the goals of the Committee of Sleep Medicine Research and seeks to: Increase awareness of the effects of sleep loss and sleep disorders. Improve the monitoring of sleep loss and sleep disorders. Increase awareness of sleep disorders among health care professionals through education and training. Develop and test new and existing methods of diagnosing and treating sleep disorders.

Sleep for Life also is an advocate of the committee's goals to: Establish the workforce required to meet the clinical and scientific demands of the field. Expand accreditation criteria to focus on treatment, long-term patient care and managing chronic diseases. Strengthen national methods of sharing research. Increase the funding for interdisciplinary sleep programs in academic health centers that focus on long-term clinical care, training and research.

According to yoursomerset.com, the Sleep for Life Center at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, New Jersey, offers a unique holistic and integrated approach, enabling patients to access a range of services and specialists from initial health assessment and diagnosis to treatment, simplifying their care experience and helping them get the support and coordinated follow-up care they need. On-site specialists include sleep medicine physicians, dental specialists, ear nose and throat surgeons, neurologists, behavioral sleep medicine specialists, respiratory therapists, and dieticians.

Somerset Medical Center is also leading the way with Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) to cure sleep apnea.

For more information, visit http://www.somersetmedicalcenter.com.
For more New Jersey health and wellness information, visit http://www.yoursomerset.com, the go-to website for Somerville, Bridgewater, Basking Ridge, Bound Brook, Somerset County, NJ area information and events.

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