Question:
Updated set of sleep and sleep-disorder links [long] ?
Answer:
Here is a collection of sleep and sleep-disorder links that I have selected
from many that I have seen because I think these are very useful for someone who is
starting to look for information about sleep disorders. Section A is general
information that gives
an overview of various sleep disorders. Section B is about sleep apnea.
Section C is about narcolepsy. Section D is about restless leg syndrome (RLS). Section
E is about sleep paralysis. Section F is about insomnia. Section G is about Delayed
Sleep phase Syndrome (DSPS). Section H is about night terrors (pavor nocturnus),
sleep-walking, enuresis, etc.
(A1) Web page with short summary of normal sleep and sleep disorders:
http://www4.umdnj.edu/med/slepsymp.html
(A2) Sleep Net collection of links with ratings (very useful):
http://www.sleepnet.com/links.htm
(A3) Info about a variety of sleep disorders, including descriptions,
diagnoses,
treatments, and related links. Still under construction but much
information nonetheless.
Note: this page points to additional pages - be sure to check them all.
This is page one of eight.
http://members.aol.com/THRVSleep/Diso.html
(A4) SleepNet "Everything you wanted to know about sleep disorders but
were too tired
to ask"; contains discussion forums, info about disorders, sleep links,
news, etc
http://www.sleepnet.com/index.shtml (home page)
http://www.sleepnet.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html (discussion forums)
(A5) American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA) (oriented towards medical
professionals)
http://www.asda.org
American Sleep Disorder Association list of accredited sleep centers
and labs
http://www.asda.org/centers.htm
(A6) National Sleep Foundation (NSF)
http://www.sleepfoundation.org
(A7) Glossaries of sleep related terms
http://members.aol.com/blackcover/glossary.html
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/4752/page1.html#term16
(A8) National Library of Medicine (part of National Institute of Health)
(USA)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ (home page)
http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ (allows searching for
med info)
(A9) Websciences.org publications
BiblioSleep - bibliography of sleep related papers from 1992 to
present
http://www.websciences.org/bibliosleep/
NAPS - New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep; recent papers on sleep
topics
http://www.websciences.org/bibliosleep/naps/
(A10) Basics of sleep behavior from UCLA
http://bisleep.medsch.ucla.edu/sleepsyllabus/
(A11) Sleep Medicine home page; collection of links in MANY categories:
support groups,
sources of information, books, medications, etc., etc.; very useful for
its breadth
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~thorpy/welcome.html
(A12) Sleep Center, Inc; a variety of sleep-related info, including an
excellent link list
http://www.sleep-central.com/index.htm (main page)
http://www.sleep-central.com/f_links.htm (list of links around the
world)
(A13) National School of Sleep Medicine (NSSM); oriented towards health
professionals but
there are useful links under "Support Links" and "library"
http://sleepmedicine.org/
(A14) KidsHealth.org; info about childhood sleep disorders
http://kidshealth.org/parent/healthy/sleep_disorder.html
(A15) Healthology.com; sleep disorders and sleep hygiene
http://www.healthology.com/sleepdisorders/frameset.html
