Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health

This podcast takes a deeper look at sodium as a key, modifiable factor influencing blood pressure, cardiovascular health, and cardiometabolic risk. Expert faculty review the evidence linking sodium intake to hypertension and adverse cardiovascular outcomes, discuss the physiologic mechanisms through which excess…

This episode explores the critical connections between hypertension, sodium intake, and sleep health—three interrelated factors that significantly influence blood pressure control and cardiovascular risk. Expert faculty discuss the latest evidence on how excess sodium and insufficient or disrupted sleep contribute to…

An estimated 50 to 70 million American adults have a chronic, or ongoing sleep disorder. In this episode, experts will provide an overview of the epidemiology of different types of sleep problems and disorders. Learn more about the difference classifications of sleep disorders including the criteria, treatment, and…

Sleep quality is consequential to cardiovascular health. Studies show short sleep duration or poor sleep quality are associated with high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and atherosclerosis. Learn more in this vodcast about the characteristics and etiologies of insomnia. We also discuss how to assess insomnia in…

Many patients that you see in clinical practice have sleep issues, but they will not share that unless they are prompted about it. In this podcast leaders in sleep medicine discuss Getting to the Heart of Sleep Health. Drs. Younghoon Kwon, Marie-Pierre St-Onge and Nancy Redeker explore how patients may have multiple…

Sleep quality is consequential to cardiovascular health. We're just beginning to understand the effects of short sleep duration at the molecular and cellular level. Among other side effects, lack of sleep causes our organs to secrete hormones that cause us to eat more than we really need. What are the characteristics…