Why we sleep

New research on sleep deprivation has doctors concerned about obesity and heart failure for their night-owl patients.

Guests

• Sanjay Patel: Assistant professor of medicine at case western reserve university. He works in the division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
• Gary Richardson: Senior research scientist and endocrinologist at Henry Ford hospital sleep disorders center.
• Tom McClellan: Defense scientist in research and development for the Canadian defense department.

Resources

• About Dr. Richardson
• Case Western Dept. of Pulmonary, Critical care, and Sleep Medicine
• National Sleep Foundation