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Sleep: A User's Guide
by H Kenneth Fisher 
Category: Sleep Disorders, Anxiety, Audiobook
Praise "An exceptional resource for professionals and for the rest of us." -William Solberg, DDS |
ABOUT THE BOOK
Discover the secrets behind your restless nights and uncover the hidden marvels of your slumbering mind.
Are you tossing and turning at night? Drifting off during the day? You might have a sleep problem. Geared toward everyone from sleep-deprived students to active athletes to young-at-heart grandparents, this book will help you understand your sleep like never before, covering common sleep problems such as:
And discussing the various impacts of disordered sleep on life including:
Written by distinguished physician, H. Kenneth Fisher, Sleep: A User's Guide will help you understand what causes the problems you face and how you can get better, more reliable sleep.
Discover the secrets behind your restless nights and uncover the hidden marvels of your slumbering mind.
Are you tossing and turning at night? Drifting off during the day? You might have a sleep problem. Geared toward everyone from sleep-deprived students to active athletes to young-at-heart grandparents, this book will help you understand your sleep like never before, covering common sleep problems such as:
- sleepwalking
- sleep apnea
- not enough sleep
- overly drowsy during the day
And discussing the various impacts of disordered sleep on life including:
- the effects of aging on sleep and memory
- sleep and heart health
- sleep's impact on weight and blood pressure
- sleep and athletic performance
Written by distinguished physician, H. Kenneth Fisher, Sleep: A User's Guide will help you understand what causes the problems you face and how you can get better, more reliable sleep.
H. Kenneth Fisher, M.D.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Doctor Fisher lives in Los Angeles with his partner Judith Pacht; their four children are scattered across the US. After medical school, residency, and subspecialty training, he became a board-certified specialist of sleep medicine, pulmonary diseases, and internal medicine. He was a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and was in private practice for forty years until his retirement. He now enjoys tennis and photography.
Sleep: A User’s Guide is Dr. Fisher’s first full-length book. He has authored more than twenty medical research papers and contributed chapters to books published by UCLA and the Fogarty Center of the National Institutes of Health. A popular lecturer, he has given hundreds of talks to audiences of the general public as well as to physicians at every level of training and practice. He has been invited to comment on public health issues for television news programs.
A native of St. Louis, Dr. Fisher studied at Carleton College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and MIT before returning home to attend and graduate from Washington University School of Medicine. After internship and residencies at Barnes Hospital and Bronx Municipal Hospital, he completed his training at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of UC San Francisco. For over a decade, he directed programs in lung disease at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and at VA Hospitals in Tucson and Los Angeles. He held professorships at the University of Washington, University of Arizona, and UCLA. He also served as clinical chief of the Pulmonary Division at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
He first became engaged in the science of sleep when he treated several patients with severe sleep disorders. Later, he trained as a sleep specialist and participated in research involving sleep disturbances in chronic illness. He served the Los Angeles community in private practice as an internist and consultant in pulmonary diseases and sleep medicine for forty years. He has been chairman of the Environmental Health Committee of LA County Medical Association and was founding treasurer of the Los Angeles Sleep Medicine Society.
Dr. Fisher enjoys foreign travel, photography, tennis, and computer technology. His partner Judith Pacht is a poet, and their family includes a molecular biologist, two lawyers, a website analyst, an architect, and a senior executive at a large tech company.
Website:
https://hkennethfisher.com/
Doctor Fisher lives in Los Angeles with his partner Judith Pacht; their four children are scattered across the US. After medical school, residency, and subspecialty training, he became a board-certified specialist of sleep medicine, pulmonary diseases, and internal medicine. He was a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and was in private practice for forty years until his retirement. He now enjoys tennis and photography.
Sleep: A User’s Guide is Dr. Fisher’s first full-length book. He has authored more than twenty medical research papers and contributed chapters to books published by UCLA and the Fogarty Center of the National Institutes of Health. A popular lecturer, he has given hundreds of talks to audiences of the general public as well as to physicians at every level of training and practice. He has been invited to comment on public health issues for television news programs.
A native of St. Louis, Dr. Fisher studied at Carleton College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and MIT before returning home to attend and graduate from Washington University School of Medicine. After internship and residencies at Barnes Hospital and Bronx Municipal Hospital, he completed his training at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of UC San Francisco. For over a decade, he directed programs in lung disease at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and at VA Hospitals in Tucson and Los Angeles. He held professorships at the University of Washington, University of Arizona, and UCLA. He also served as clinical chief of the Pulmonary Division at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
He first became engaged in the science of sleep when he treated several patients with severe sleep disorders. Later, he trained as a sleep specialist and participated in research involving sleep disturbances in chronic illness. He served the Los Angeles community in private practice as an internist and consultant in pulmonary diseases and sleep medicine for forty years. He has been chairman of the Environmental Health Committee of LA County Medical Association and was founding treasurer of the Los Angeles Sleep Medicine Society.
Dr. Fisher enjoys foreign travel, photography, tennis, and computer technology. His partner Judith Pacht is a poet, and their family includes a molecular biologist, two lawyers, a website analyst, an architect, and a senior executive at a large tech company.
Website:
https://hkennethfisher.com/