|
|
Article: NEW CARITAS `SLEEP LAB' STRIVES TO HEAL WITH GOOD NIGHT'S REST
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2002 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
NORWOOD - They see you when you're sleeping.
And doctors at the new Caritas Center for Sleep Diagnostics are
using what they see in an effort to cure sleep disorder sufferers of
what keeps them up at night.
Caritas Norwood Hospital is the latest health care facility to
open a "sleep lab," where sleep disorder patients can spend the night
sleeping in a bedroom-like setting, while doctors and hospital staff
monitor their vital functions in hopes of finding the cause for their
disorder.
Since its December launch, the center has grown in popularity.
First operating three nights per week, the center is now diagnosing
one to two patients nightly from Sunday through Friday. The reason,
the ...