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Your Sleep and Sleep Disorder Questions Answered

Ahh the sweet caress of sleep. It’s where our bodies recharge and our minds defragment. Of course, we all know we’re supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night. But too often we’re forced to live by the philosophy of “I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” squeezing in four hours here, a power nap there, […]

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Ahh the sweet caress of sleep. It's where our bodies recharge and our minds defragment. Of course, we all know we're supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night. But too often we're forced to live by the philosophy of "I'll sleep when I'm dead," squeezing in four hours here, a power nap there, just to get by.

Or worse still — maybe we're trying to get a good night's rest but sleep just doesn't come or is interrupted by all manner of distractions and disorders.

On this edition of Houston Matters...sweet...blissful...sleep. Well, at least, our experts will answer your questions about sleep and sleep disorders and hopefully help you get some quality shut-eye...but hopefully not till the show's over, ok?

We’re joined by Dr. Candice Alfano, director of the Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston (SACH) at the University of Houston, and Dr. Richard Castriotta, the director of pulmonary and sleep medicine at the UT Health Science Center at Houston and medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Memorial Hermann-TMC.

Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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