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Welcome to the Sleep Medicine Resource site
We are here to give professionals and the public in the UK and Ireland access to information, education and resources in
the arena of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Disorders. Our goals
are as follows:
- To enhance public awareness about sleep medicine and
sleep disorders;
- To inform on the contribution that sleep disorders
play in public occupational health and safety;
- To educate the public to recognise the signs and symptoms
of sleep disorders and assist them in seeking effective
treatment for them
- To keep the public abreast of new developments in research
into sleep disorders
- To enable the translation of new sleep-related discoveries
into benefits that will optimise public health and the
treatment of people with sleep disorders.
- To provide access to early diagnosis and treatment
of Sleep Disorders through web-based access to Sleep
Centres in the UK and Ireland .
Sleep occupies approximately a third of our lives, but
many people cannot get the good night’s sleep that
they need. In the UK, sleep disorders affect about 770,000
people and in the USA approximately 5 million people suffer
with sleep disorders. The International Classification of
Sleep Disorders (ICSD) lists more than eighty four unique
sleep disorders. These range from the common types such
as Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep
Apnoea (OSA), to the rare syndrome of Narcolepsy.
The
American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimates
that 10% of the World’s population has a diagnosable
sleep disorder. Sleep disorders are usually effectively
treatable but due to a lack of education and training, recognition
of these disorders by medical professionals is still very
low. Sleep Medicine is at an early stage of development
in South Africa. We are here to help promote a better understanding
of the impact that these problems have on people’s
lives and assist those people with sleep disorders in their
quest to seek help and effective treatment.
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