Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Sleep: Find Relief from Insomnia, Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders

If there's one thing a century or more of sleep science has established, it's that sleep deserves to be a priority. It's not. We hear much about the importance of exercise to our long-term well-being, and how diet and health are inextricably linked. Sleep, however, is typically an afterthought. Complicating the matter, people commonly mistake how much sleep they get for how much they need.

As many as 70 million U.S. adults are being deprived of the restful sleep their bodies require for good health and optimal performance. Either they aren't getting enough sleep each night or their sleep is disruptive and of poor quality. It's a momentous problem, labeled as a "public health epidemic" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sleep deprivation can have a negative effect on practically every system and organ in our bodies, paving the way for innumerable health problems.

Whether you're desperately seeking a solution to your sleep woes or are simply curious if there's more that you can do to improve your sleep and, ultimately, your health, this book has the answers you seek. Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Sleep is packed with guidance and helpful tips to improve sleep quality and effectively manage common sleep disorders. Inside you'll find information on:

• Healthy lifestyle habits to improve sleep
• The importance of your body's internal clock and how to keep it in sync
• How sleep changes with age
• The most effective therapies to treat insomnia
• The risks and benefits of sleep medicines
• Improved and emerging devices to treat sleep apnea
• Unusual behaviors during sleep and what causes them
• Narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome and other less common sleep disorders

With the right approach, most sleep problems can be successfully treated, and prevented. Use the science-based methods and advice of Mayo Clinic sleep specialists to start sleeping better today.

Author: Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Bhanu Prakash Kolla
Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press
Published: 01/07/2025
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9798887700496

About the Author
Timothy I. Mogenthaler, M.D., is a physician at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., board-certified in the fields of sleep medicine and pulmonary medicine, and a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Morgenthaler attended medical school at Dartmouth Medical School. He obtained training in internal medicine and subspecialty training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Morgenthaler's clinical practice focuses on the treatment of individuals with central and obstructive sleep apnea, sleep-related breathing disorders, and other sleep disorders. His research interests include outcomes analysis, novel techniques and device innovation. He also serves as a vice chair for quality at Mayo Clinic.

Bhanuprakash Kolla, M.B.B.S., M.D., is a psychiatrist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., with specialty training in sleep medicine and addiction psychiatry. He works in both the Center for Sleep Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, and the division of addictive medicine.

Dr. Kolla's clinical and research interests include assessment and management of sleep disorders, including insomnia and sleep apnea; assessment and management of the overlap between sleep disorders and addictions; and identification and analysis of specific sleep disturbances in developing effective treatment strategies. He's also actively involved in education and mentorship of Mayo Clinic medical students, residents and fellows.

Both Drs. Morgenthaler and Kolla are frequent speakers at national and international conferences on sleep medicine.