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You can watch these videos using a high-speed Internet connection and Adobe Flash Player; just click the "Watch it now" link. You can download the player by visiting the Adobe Flash Player Web site.
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Can Snoring Affect Your Health?
The Stein Institute for Research on Aging presents recent findings by Dr. Jose Loredo, Director, Sleep Medicine Center at UCSD Medical Center Hillcrest and VA Medical Center, on the treatment and investigation of patients with obstructive sleep apnea. (59 minutes) Watch it now
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Successful Aging: Sleepless in San Diego
As we age, we have more complaints about our sleep. But does sleep change because we need less sleep, or because we have a harder time getting the sleep we need? Research suggests that it is the ability to sleep that changes rather than the need for sleep. Factors that affect the ability to sleep include changes in biological rhythms, medical and psychiatric illness and the medications associated with them, the prevalence of sleep disorders, and behavioral problems (like poor sleep habits). Dr. Daniel Kripke discusses these factors and remedies that will help us sleep better as we get older. (49 minutes) Watch it now
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