SHUT UP and sleep (Introduction)

Written By Anil Rama, MD

“SHUT UP and sleep” has a variety of meanings.

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Some use the expression to chastise chatty children who refuse to go to bed.

 
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Others apply it introspectively to quiet their mind before retiring for the night.

 
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For me, a somnologist, the phrase means something different; it speaks to the act of physically shutting the mouth and breathing through the nose to achieve better sleep.

 
Life begins with a breath. How that breath and subsequent ones are taken, through the nose or mouth, tips the balance as to whether for every gain, there is a setback. Most sleep disorders are a downstream consequence of a broader breathing issue that begins in childhood.Introduction

Life begins with a breath. How that breath and subsequent ones are taken, through the nose or mouth, tips the balance as to whether for every gain, there is a setback. Most sleep and brain disorders are a downstream consequence of a broader breathing issue that begins in childhood.

Introduction

Anil Rama, MD

Anil Rama, MD serves as Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine. He is the former Medical Director of Kaiser Permanente's tertiary sleep medicine laboratory. Dr. Rama is also an editorial board member of the Sleep Science and Practice Journal and has authored several book chapters and seminal peer-reviewed journal articles in sleep medicine. Dr. Rama is a guest lecturer for the Dental Sleep Medicine Mini-Residency at the University of Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. Furthermore, Dr. Rama has been an investigator in clinical trials for drugs or devices designed to improve sleep. Several national newspapers, local news stations, and health newsletters have consulted with him.

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