This recording is for anyone who wants to learn
- who needs a sleep consult and what type of sleep testing is most helpful,
- which sleep aids work, how to use them effectively and which to avoid: light therapy, routine, melatonin, orexin blockers, Z-drugs, gabapentin, antidepressants, cannabis and more;
- whether wearable trackers are accurate,
- how to diagnose and treat sleep apnea,
- how phones and devices impact sleep and how to minimize this impact,
- whether Z-drugs and anti-histamines cause dementia,
- how to manage nightmares, restless legs syndrome,
- and so much more—this webinar is packed with surprising, useful information.
This recording is 1 hour and 32 minutes in length:
- 5 minutes of introductions
- 42-minute discussionÂ
- 45Â minutes of Q&A
About the Presenters
Dr. Charles SamuelsÂ
Dr. Samuels is the Medical Director of the Centre for Sleep & Human Performance and The Sleep Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Â
Dr. Samuels’ research focus is the relationship of sleep to recovery, training, and performance in Elite Olympic Athletes. He is the principal investigator of the development and validation of the Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire.
He has also served as the principal investigator of research projects exploring the health effects of sleep disturbance associated with shiftwork in Law Enforcement Officers for the Calgary Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He is a member of the Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Dr. Samuels is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cummings School of Medicine, an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, and a member of the Institute of Population Health at the University of Calgary. Dr. Samuels serves on the Executive Board of the Canadian Sleep Society as the Past President (2017-2019).
Eleanor Stein, MD
Dr. Stein is a physician, psychiatrist, and expert in helping people with ME, CFS, FM, environmental sensitivities, long COVID and chronic pain recover their health and joy in life.
Through her 35-year illness journey, reading thousands of scientific papers, and working with thousands of patients, she has developed a unique, science-based approach to healing using self-management, neuroplasticity, hormesis, and, most recently...quantum biology.
