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William C. Dement


William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D., is the world's leading authority on sleep, sleep deprivation, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. In 1970 he founded the world's first sleep disorders center at Stanford University. In 1975 he launched the American Sleep Disorders Association and served as president for its first twelve years. Each year since 1971 he has taught the popular "Sleep and Dreams" course at Stanford University and has written the first undergraduate textbook in the field. He was also chairman of the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research, whose final report led directly to the creation of a...

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The Promise of Sleep
Written by William C. Dement

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Dell | Health & Fitness; Health & Fitness - Sleep & Sleep Disorders; Health & Fitness - Healthy Living
978-0-440-50901-1 (0-440-50901-7)

March 7, 2000 | $22.00

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The Promise of Sleep
Written by William C. Dement

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ISBN: 9780440509011
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Sleep better, live longer with the groundbreaking information and step-by-step program in this revolutionary book.

Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep--and the...


              
              



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