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Previous columns from Dr. Dement:

The two most common reasons that a victim of obstructive sleep apnea may consult a physician are... (September 16, 2002)
In primary care medical practice, the most common complaint made by obstructive sleep apnea patients is chronic fatigue. (July 29, 2002)
It has been estimated that 50,000 premature and preventable deaths may occur each year as a consequence of obstructive sleep apnea. (July 15, 2002)
What everyone must know... (July 1, 2002)
The 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) and Association of Polysomnographic Technologists is being held in Seattle, Washington, June 8-13, 2002. For more information, visit www.aptweb.org or www.apss.org. (June 17, 2002)
Sleep-related crashes are extremely common in young people because they don’t get enough sleep, tend to stay up late, and drive at night. In a North Carolina state study, 55% of fall-asleep crashes involved people 25-years-old or younger. Remember, Drowsiness is Red Alert! (May 20, 2002)
Although I worry about our entire human community’s failure to get enough sleep, and the pandemic of undiagnosed sleep disorders, I am most concerned today about high school students, college students, and long haul truck drivers. (May 3, 2002)
How Long Can Secondary School Psychologists and Other Educators Continue To Overlook Two Fundamental Determinants of Human Behavior? (April 22, 2002)
“An individual can be fatigued without being sleepy.” (March 4, 2002)
What is Fatigue? (February 25, 2002)
Common Sleep Myths (February 18, 2002)
Reasons for not knowing (February 11, 2002)
Can sleepy students learn anything? (February 4, 2002)
Nearly all high school and college students are tired... (January 28, 2002)
What all health professionals should know about sleep. (January 21, 2002)
What everyone should know about sleep. (January 14, 2002)
What everyone must know about sleep. (January 7, 2002)
Worst Accident (December 31, 2001)
Don’t Drive Drowsy! (December 24, 2001)
Fatigue is the direct cause or contributing factor in every accident due to human error. (December 17, 2001)
Symptoms of Severe Sleep Deprivation (December 10, 2001)
Star Princess 1995 Part II (December 3, 2001)
Star Princess 1995 Part I (November 26, 2001)
. . . All caused by sleep disorders (November 19, 2001)
Errors, accidents, injuries, deaths, and catastrophes are the result. (November 5, 2001)
Picture of Car Accident (October 8, 2001)
A severely sleep deprived person can go from wide awake to fast asleep in less than 10 seconds! (October 1, 2001)
Safety Principles for Everyone (September 25, 2001)
Nearly half a century, a huge reservoir of knowledge about sleep, sleep deprivation and sleep disorders has been building up behind a dam of pervasive ignorance and unresponsive bureaucracies.... (September 10, 2001)
Ignorance About Sleep is the Worst Sleep Disorder of Them All (August 23, 2001)
Sleep Medicine on the Eve of the Third Millennium (October 23, 2000)
The Function of Sleep: Regulation or Just Plain Survival? (October 16, 2000)
The True Nature of Sleep II (October 9, 2000)
National Institutes of Health (October 2, 2000)
Sleep Debt (September 25, 2000)
How To Read The Promise of Sleep (September 11, 2000)
The True Nature of Sleep I (August 28, 2000)
Retired English Majors or Rapid Eye Movements? (August 21, 2000)
I Sleep on It (August 14, 2000)
Healthy Sleep: The Final Frontier (July 31, 2000)

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