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Article: Awareness on Sleep Disorders Needed: Report
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 20, 1997
CopyrightCopyright 1997 Xinhua English Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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An estimated 95 percent of sleep disorders remain undiagnosed and
many cause serious problems, a U.S. organization said today.
The Washington-based U.S. National Sleep Foundation (NSF) said
through a wire service that as many as 63 million Americans had
levels of sleepness known to be hazardous, and possibly indicative
of
an undiagnosed sleep disorder.
It said there are 80 different sleep disorders, but physicians
receive little training in sleep.
NSF unvealed this in conjunction with a meeting on the subject in
Dublin, Ireland, this week.
NSF lists some of the sleep disorders such as insomnia, i.e.
difficulties in falling asleep, sleep ...