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See Dr. Breus ' recent appearance
on The Doctors on May 2!

The Correct Way To Sleep At Night

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See Dr. Breus' recent appearance
on The Dr. Oz Show on March 12!

What's Your Sleep Type? The
Personalized Plan to Fix Your Sleep

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Saturday March 9th: Dr. Breus appeared on CBS This Morning: Saturday show

Visit this page to hear tips on how to handle the time change here!

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Monday, March 11th: Dr. Breus appeared on Fox & Friends First (5-6am EST) and Fox & Friends (6-9am EST)

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See Dr. Breus' recent appearance
on The Dr. Oz Show

Dr. Oz Alert: Killer Sleeping Pills

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Video: Dr Michael Breus Featured on
Huffington Post Live

In a recent segment of HuffPost Live entitled, "I Didn't Do That!," Dr. Breus discussed the side effects of Ambien. Click the image above to view the video.

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Video: Dr Michael Breus Featured on
'CBS This Morning'

Dr. Michael Breus was featured on CBS
This Morning. Click the image above to watch the four and a half minute segment entitled, "Sleepless in America", where
Dr. Breus discusses a new sleep
aid called Suvorexant, his tips on
ensuring a good night's sleep, and the
negative effects of insomnia.

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Sports' Secret
Weapon: Sleep

The search for performance enhancement leads some athletes to turn some pretty dark corners. It’s a shame, and not just because doping is dangerous, unethical, and frequently illegal. It’s also a shame because athletes at all levels of play have access to a powerful tool to improve their performance, one that won’t break any laws or put anyone’s health at risk.

What’s this wonder drug? Sleep.

There’s been a welcome up tick in the attention paid by the media and athletic professionals to the benefits of sleep for competitive athletes, and to the research that shows just how sleep can improve physical performance in sport. This season, the NY Jets brought sleep specialists into the locker room, signaling their intention to use sleep as part of their training strategy. At the other end of the spectrum, I was disappointed to read that Manchester United is addressing its players sleep issues by issuing sleeping pills. This strategy—and the coach’s seemingly cavalier attitude toward medicating players for sleep—is not what I recommend when I suggest that athletes and coaches pay more attention to sleep.

In recent years, Stanford University’s Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine has been at the leading edge of examining the sleep-sport performance connection. Researchers there have conducted studies with several groups of Stanford student-athletes, examining the effects of extended sleep on athletic performance.

Click the link below to read a sampling of their results, which show improvements across a variety of sports.