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Sleep Disorders, Primary Care, and the Patient Voice

AJM, official publication of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine , is a top-15 internal medicine journal. The current issue of the American Journal of Medicine features a unique and insightful commentary by Project Sleep president Julie Flygare and Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy, Director of the University of Arizona Center for Sleep Disorders.  Their piece explains…

5 Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Sleepy People

Finished your holiday shopping?  If so, please try your best not to brag about it, and save this list for birthdays.  If you’re like me, you will be doing some eleventh hour Amazon shopping.  The two great things about Amazon are a) Prime (free two-day) shipping and b) you can shop through Amazon Smile with Project…

3 Easy Ways to Support Project Sleep on Giving Tuesday

It’s Giving Tuesday, want to help Project Sleep?  If so, thank you so very much (yay!), and here are three super simple, fun ways to do it: 1.  Didn’t finish your holiday shopping on Cyber Monday? If you like using Amazon, you can simply shop on smile.amazon.com (same prices and products) and choose Project Sleep as your…

10 Great Resources for Willis-Ekbom Disease/Restless Legs Syndrome

We’ve assembled a list of our favorite Willis-Ekbom Disease (or Restless Legs Syndrome) resources, from books to support groups. WEB (1) Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation The Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation website provides a wide array of resources for patients and providers, from basic diagnosis and treatment information to clinical trial listings.  A very helpful tool offered on this website is a printable symptom diary…

Children and Nightmares… Is a Bad Dream Bad? – Guest Post by Dr. Jose Colon

Questions about nightmares in children are a common subject on Paradise Sleep. Origins and definitions of nightmare are vast. But to simplify I would call a nightmare a bad dream, everybody has had bad dreams at one time or another. But exactly how “bad” can a dream be? I would like to tell you a…

Narcolepsy PSA TV Schedule

Can’t sleep tonight? Catch the FIRST TV airing of the narcolepsy public service announcement (PSA) at 12:41 a.m. on E! News Late Night. Project Sleep is thrilled to share this week’s (11/3/14 – 11/9/14) TV air times for the narcolepsy PSA, including two prime-time airings on HGTV and E! this Friday and Saturday. We’ll keep you posted on specific…

Bad Narcolepsy Joke Turns Honda into Awareness Partner

After putting the brakes on offensive ad, Honda works with narcolepsy community to produce PSA promoting awareness of the disorder LOS ANGELES — Honda Motor Co. has released the public service announcement (PSA) below about narcolepsy, a neurological sleep disorder. This follows Honda’s removal of a commercial featuring an offensive stereotype about narcolepsy in June.…

Announcing the New NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE Website

Project Sleep is thrilled to unveil the new NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE™ campaign website at:  www.narcolepsynotalone.com As the world’s largest narcolepsy social media awareness campaign, NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE sets a bold new precedent that narcolepsy is not a joke, but a real disorder affecting many children and adults around the world. Project Sleep founder, Julie Flygare, first launched…

Where will you NAP today?

These new Brazilian nap booths look so cozy, Project Sleep is tempted to pack our bags for Brazil! Who’s with us? Read: The start-up firm which wants to put Brazil to sleep, by Luana Ferreira, BBC News. Our hats are off to this Brazilian entrepreneur, Marcelo von Ancken, for taking his personal passion for napping and turning it into a business.…
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