Sleep Disorders Center
If you experience difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or enjoying a restful night's sleep, you may be suffering from insomnia.
Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep.
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sleep disorder in which a person experiences unpleasant sensations in the legs.
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Insomnia Hints at Future Hospitalization
Large U.S study also found greater odds of home health care use in people with sleep problem
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ER Visits Tied to Ambien on the Rise
Adverse reactions to popular sleep meds rose almost 220 percent between 2005 and 2010, study finds
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Bathroom Visits May Add to Sleep Problems for Seniors
In older people with insomnia, nighttime awakenings last longer if they get up to urinate, study finds
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Insomnia Might Boost Heart Failure Risk
Large Norwegian study looked at poor sleep quality, disease development over 11 years
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Health Tip: Develop Good Sleep Habits
To wake refreshed each morning
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Most Seniors Get a Good Night's Sleep, Study Says
Common beliefs about older adults' problems with insomnia and daytime drowsiness put to rest
Dim the lights, lower the shades, breathe deeply, and slide under the covers. It's bedtime. Put your sleeplessness to rest with good sleep habits.
Sleep is not just resting or taking a break from busy routines, it is essential to physical and emotional health.
Sleep apnea is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition that is far more common than generally understood.
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a neurological (brain) disorder that causes an individual's legs to feel extremely uncomfortable when sitting or lying down.
Narcolepsy is a chronic, neurological sleep disorder with no known cause.
For short-term problems getting to sleep or staying asleep, taking an over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aid can be a safe and effective way to get a good night's sleep.
About Sleep Medicine
Helping you get a good night’s sleep
More than 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Sleep is essential for physical and mental renewal, and long-term sleep difficulties can lead to serious medical problems. Shands Starke’s sleep medicine doctors, sleep technologists and other clinicians are dedicated to helping you get a good night’s sleep. We offer advanced diagnostic and treatment services for a wide range of sleep disorders, including:
- Chronic Snoring
- Insomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Pediatric sleep disorders, including night terrors and sleep walking
- Restless legs syndrome
- Sleep apnea
Treatment options to address sleep disorders
Our sleep medicine team offers the latest diagnostic and treatment options available to address your individual needs. Registered, specially trained technologists use multi-dimensional instrumentation to monitor and record sleeping functions such as brain waves, eye movement, breathing, oxygen level in the blood, electro-cardiogram and certain muscle group activity.
We conduct sleep studies to evaluate your sleep patterns and draw from a variety of treatment options to help you achieve restful sleep, such as:
- Medications
- Behavior modification therapies
- Non-invasive medical devices such as oral appliances or CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) devices to facilitate breathing
- Progressive surgical options, including minimally invasive radiofrequency procedures to open nasal and oral airways
Our sleep medicine professionals are well equipped to provide a customized treatment plan that’s right for you.
Shands Starke’s multidisciplinary sleep care team provides the latest preventive, diagnostic and treatment options for a wide range of sleep disorders. Our sleep medicine doctors, technologists and clinicians develop a customized treatment plan to address your unique needs, and draw from the latest sleep medicine treatment options to help you achieve restorative sleep.