Doctors' Notes: Sleep Disorders
Identical twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know more about what healthy sleep looks like and how we can support our sleep hygiene.
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken continue their conversation about sleep disorders with Dr Sophie West, a consultant respiratory physician and lead of Newcastle regional sleep service.
They explore what good sleep hygiene looks like and how temperature and hydration can affect our sleep. They also dig into dreams: why we have them, whether we can control them, and how to stop recurrent nightmares.
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Presenters: Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken
Guest: Dr Sophie West
Producer: Rami Tzabar
Assistant Producer: Leon Gower
Editor: Jo Rowntree
Researcher: Samara Linton
Tech Lead: Reuben Huxtable
Visual Producer: Leon Gower
Digital Lead: Richard Berry
Composer: Phoebe McFarlane
Sound Design: Melvin Rickarby
At the BBC:
Assistant Commissioner: Greg Smith
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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