The Importance of Sleep

As adults, most of us just don’t get enough sleep. The same goes for kids, especially teenagers. Insomnia in adolescents is just as prevalent as substance abuse and depression. Dr. Helene Emsellem is a nationally recognized expert in the field of sleep deprivation, and she shares sleep tips for adults and teens. Plus – how to organize your medical, financial and personal information for family members with Dr. Phil’s organizational expert Dorothy Breininger.

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Snooze or Lose Most Americans do not get a proper amount of sleep. For teenagers, the problems are serious. A lack of sleep can impact school grades and even their safety. 28% of teens fall asleep in school. Dr. Helene Emsellem is a nationally recognized expert in the field of sleep deprivation. She is the author of Snooze or Loose! and is medical director for the Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders.
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Organizing Your Personal Documents for Family Members Dorothy Breininger is founder and CEO of the Center for Organization. She is the creator of Cherished Memories and the organizational life coach on Dr. Phil. She guest emphasizes the need for being able to access all medical, personal, legal and financial information for our family members, particularly for our seniors.
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Save On Snooze... Or Lose! At Amazon.com Walk into any first-period high school classroom and it's obvious: teenagers are exhausted. Affecting the lives of more than 41 million adolescents in the United States alone, sleep deprivation is a chronic problem for kids today. It is an epidemic as widespread as obesity and just as damaging. Fortunately, science has answers and Dr. Helene Emsellem has solutions that all parents can use.

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Helene Emsellem Helene A. Emsellem, M.D., is a nationally known sleep expert. She is the director of the Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where she runs a six-bed sleep laboratory, an active sleep medicine clinical practice, and a clinical research trial program. Dr. Emsellem has appeared on Larry King Live and other national television programs and has been widely quoted in national magazine including Redbook, Glamour, U.S. News & World Report, Cosmopolitan, and Scientific American. She was recently named to the Washington, DC, area's Consumer's Checklist of Top Doctors and Washingtonian Magazine's Top Doctors guide. Click here to visit her website