Sleeprelated Newsgroups and Discussion Groups

SLEEP-L Moderated. A sleep bulletin board for healthcare workers particularly sleep specialists and researchers. Available through subscription. Contact: Southmay@qucdn.queensu.ca
PEDSLEEP Moderated. Pediatric sleep list which covers developmental and clinical sleep-related issues from birth to adolescence. The list is open to all medical and education professionals involved in child-care. Available through subscription. Contact: Sadeh@ccsg.tau.ac.il
DENTAL-SLEEP Moderated. Dental sleep list that provides information for dentists who are working with oral appliance therapy for snoring and sleep apnea. Available through subscription. Send SUBSCRIBE DENTAL-SLEEP Firstname lastname Degree to listserv@dental.stat.com
alt.dreams Dreams discussion group
alt.dreams.lucid Lucid dreams discussion group
alt.health.cfids-action Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Action Group (Moderated)
alt.med.cfs Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Information.
alt.med.fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia information.
alt.support.sleep-disorder Sleep disorders support group.

SleepDocs - The Sleep Help Line. A new online sleep information service.<

Sources of Information

FAQ's
Sleep apnea FAQ Patient directed
FTP Sites
Australian National SIDS Database. FTP server. Directory pub/sids. Annual report: annual.txt; autopsy protocol: proptocol.txt SIDS death scene investigation: sidsproto.txt
Web Pages
Brazilian Chronobiological Group
Childrens sleep problems From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Resources for healthcare workers and patients on chronic fatigue syndrome.
Obstructive sleep apnea - anaesthesiology Medical disorders and airway implications
Micronics/Oxford SAC (Sleep Analyzing Computer) Users Group Home Page - Discussions of SAC sleep recording and analysis, problem/bug reports, software/document library, and SAC Users group List.
Sleep Staging and detecting sleep-disorders Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Sleepnet - Sleep information
Phantom Sleep Page Apnea, snoring and other information
Access to Sleep and Psychology
Sleep Home Pages - Extensive sleep pages
Quietsleep The Dental approach to the management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety - Sleep Quiz
Sleep Trainee Home Page
The Sleep Well A source of political information on sleep for activists.
Abstracts

Sleep Apnea Forecasting with Dynamic Network Models

WFSRS Abstracts - 1995 Meeting, Naussau, Bahamas

1996 APSS Abstracts

Journal SLEEP abstracts

Text Files

Australian National SIDS Database Gopher server

Do's and Don'ts for Poor Sleepers

On Sleep and Sleeplessness - Aristotle 350BC.

Sleep Disorders in Cancer Patients

Alphabetical Listing of Sleep Disorders

Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome

Infant Apnea NIH concensus development conference

Insomnia National Cancer Institute

Insomnia What to do when you can't sleep

Narcolepsy "Cure" Narcolepsy Now!

Narcolepsy Stanford Center For Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy Genetic aspects of narcolepsy with recent Medline references.

Narcolepsy Center For Narcolepsy Research, Illinois

Nocturnal Enuresis From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Nocturnal Enuresis National Enuresis Society

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient directed list of ressources.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Genetic aspects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with Medline abstracts.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea A.W.A.K.E. NY Home Page - Patient support group.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Case history on OSA.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Care Sheet of the Month - Sleep Apnea

Restless Legs Syndrome Genetic aspects of restless legs syndrome with recent Medline references.

Restless Legs Syndrome Southern California Restless Legs Syndrome Support Group

Sleep Disorders Guide A comprehensive information guide about sleep disorders. Descriptions, symptoms, causes, treatments of various sleep disorders like sleep apnea, insomnia, snoring, restless legs and narcolepsy

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Information about SIDS

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS Australia Online

Winter Depression and Light Therapy FAQ Columbia University - NY Psychiatric Institute

Clinical Practice Parameters

NIH Consensus Development Conferences

American Medical Association

American Sleep Disorders Association

Professional Associations

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Changes and sleep pathology in the elderly - Sanford H. Auerbach MD

Conciousness and its clinically important abnormalities - Fred Plum MD

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

American Sleep Disorders Asssociation (ASDA)

Sleep Center and Laboratory Accreditation Information

Journal SLEEP Information.

American Board of Sleep Medicine

American Thoracic Society (ATS)
- Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep Assembly

Association of Polysomnographic Technologists (APT)

Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)

Austrian Sleep Research Association

Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)

Dutch Society for Sleep-Wake Research

European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)

Japanese Sleep Research Society (JSSR)

Latin American Sleep Society (LASS)

Sleep Research Society (SRS)

Society of Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR)

World Federation of Sleep Research Societies (WFSRS)

Sleep-related Foundations

National Enuresis Society

National Sleep Foundation (NSF)

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation (RLSF)

Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada

American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA)

Narcolepsy Network (NN)

NSF Center for Biological Timing

Sleep Medicine Research Foundation (SMRF), Dublin Ohio

Sleep Research Sites

Molecular Onirology Laboratory Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France. Directed by Prof. Michel Jouvet.

Sleep Spindle Research Dynamic Topography of Sleep Spindles.

Section of Psychopharmacology and Sleep Research University of Zurich - Institute of Pharmacology, Switzerland

Federal and State Information

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research U.S. Army's Sleep Management Program

AMES Research Center The Fatigue Countermeasures Program.

National Center on Sleep Disorders Research Description of activities.

National Library of Medicine - HyperDoc, a multimedia resource.

MEDLINE Scientific Literature Searches. Requires subscription.

National Institutes of Health

NIH Library On-Line Catalog Telnet access.

NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts

NIH Guide for recent sleep grants

NIH Guide for sleep grants from 1992

NIH - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP). Research ventures in sleep supported by the US-PHS. (Updated weekly)

Medications and Neurotransmitters

Amitriptyline (Elavil)

Antidepressants and Sleep Disorders

Caffeine All you ever would want to know about caffeine

Clomipramine (Anafanil)

Clonazepam (Klonopin)

Dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine)

Serotonin Excellent article

Tricyclic Antidepressants

Melatonin Medline reviews on melatonin research.

Methylphenidate (Ritalin)

Pergolide (Permax)

L-Dopa/Carbidopa (Sinemet)

Zolpidem (Ambien)

Professional Meetings

Professional meetings related to sleep medicine can be listed here by sending the appropriate information by email .

Latin-American Sleep Society Meeting, Cali, Columbia, Sept 25-27,1996. Fax: 57-1-222-5414.

Sleep Medicine Keynote Symposium, 0ctober 25, 1996 Columbus, Ohio. Tel: 614-792-7632 Email

Asian Sleep Research Society Meeting, Sept 22-26, 1997, Jerusalem, Israel.

International Paediatric Respiratory Conference, March 16-19, 1997. Sydney, Australia. Fax: 61-2-251-3552 Email

Australasian Sleep Association Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, April 5-7, 1997. Fax: 61-2-893-9060

American Thoracic Society / American Lung Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 17 -21, 1997. Phone: 212-315-8794

Association of Professional Sleep Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 10-15, 1997. Fax: 507-287-6008

Sleep Disorders Centers/Societies

Sleep Disorder Centers or Laboratories, accredited or non-accredited, can be listed here by sending an email message with brief description and address information. Listing does not necessarily imply endorsement.

AUSTRIA

Austrian Sleep Research Association Maintains a list of sleep disorder centers in Austria.

Sleep Disorder Center, Pulmologic Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Department of Pulmonology, Elizabethinen Hospital, Linz

AUSTRALIA

Sleep Disorders Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 2050

The Sleep Investigation Centre, North West Private Hospital Everton Park, Brisbane

The Sleep Investigation Centre, Sunnybank Private Hospital Sunnybank, Brisbane

Sydney Sleep Disorders Centre, Annandale, NSW

Camperdown Sleep Disorders Center, Newtown, NSW

Hornsby Sleep Disorders and Diagnostic Centre, Waitara, NSW

Satellite Sleep Laboratory, Wentworthville, NSW

Sleep Monitoring Unit, Benowa, QLD

Central West Sleep Disorders Center, Orange, NSW

Sleep Disorders Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, SA

Sleep Disorders Centre, Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle NSW

Sleep Disorders Centre, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria

BELGIUM

Centrum voor Stoornissen van Slapen en Waken, University Hospital, Ghent

CANADA

Sleep Disorders Centre of Metropolitan Toronto Toronto, Barrie, Brampton,and Richmond Hill, Canada

Silent Partners Sleep Clinic, Toronto

Sleep Disorders Centre, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario

The Wellesley Hospital Sleep Lab, The Wellesley Hospital, Toronto

DENMARK

Dansk Narkolepsi Forening

FINLAND

Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, Haaga Center for Neurological Research and Rehabilitation, Helsinki

GERMANY

For a list of all sleep centers in Germany, contact:

Deutsche Narkolepsie-Gesellschafte.V.
Die Deutsche Narkolepsie-Gesellschaft hilft Menschen, die an einer Erkrankung der Schlaf-Wach-Regulierung leiden.

Medinfo
Die medizinische Infoleitsystem
German Sleep Association "Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin (DGSM)" DGSM-Sekretariat, Schimmelpfengstrasse 2, 34613 Schwalmstadt-Treysa, Germany. Tel: (49)6691 2733

Sclaflabor der Medizinschen Klinik Innenstadt University of munich, Munchen

HONG KONG

Sleep Assessment Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT

ISRAEL

The Sleep Research Unit, Sorkoa Medical Center, Beer-Seva

Technion Sleep Laboratory, Gutwirth BLDG, Technion City, Haifa 3200

Sleep Disorders Unit, Lowenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana

Sleep Disorders Laboratory, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
KOREA
- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Kangnam Ku, Seoul
The NETHERLANDS
- Sleep Centre Westeinde Hospital, Den Haag
- Sleep Disorders Center, Hospital "de Gelderse Vallei", Ede
NEW ZEALAND
- Southern Sleep Services, Christchurch
- The Auckland Sleep Management Centre Takapuna, Auckland
RUSSIA
- I.M.Sechenovs Institute of Evolutionary Physiology, Sankt-Petersburg
SOUTH AFRICA
- Division of Pulmonology, Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein
- Respiratory Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
- Sleep Disorders Center, Entabeni Medical Centre North, Durban
SWEDEN
- Sleep Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgren's University Hospital, Goteborg
SWITZERLAND
- Sleep Disorders Center, HUG-Neuropsychiatry Division, 1225 Chene-Bourg
THAILAND
- Sleep Disorders Service and Research Unit, Songkhla
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Neurology Clinic, Al Ghurair Office Tower, Dubai
USA
- Sleep-Wake Disorders Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
- Mercy Sleep Laboratory, Carmichael, California.

Brochures, Pamphlets and other Printed Literature

Sleep-related literature mainly available free of charge, except for bulk orders when a charge per item may be required.

Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder - HealthPartners (managed healthcare organization) Brochure

NZ Shiftwork Bulletin Email to obtain a free copy for shiftworkers and their managers. Or send an SAE to: The Auckland Sleep Management Centre, 398 Lake Road, Takapuna, NZ, Fax 09-486-7133.

"Wake Up!" brochure Information on sleep and drowsiness and driving safety. Available free of charge from the AAA Foundation For Traffic Safety. Fax: 202-683-5943.

Narcolepsy Video featuring the clinical symptoms, genetics, diagnosis, effects of narcolepsy and support groups.(Individuals $22) Narcolepsy newsletter, "Perspectives", also available. Available from the Narcolepsy Institute, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210 Street, Bronx, NY 10467. Phone 718-920-6799.

Sleep Book Reviews

Book Reviews Lay publication sleep book reviews, by Lynne Lamberg. To suggest books for review, or to forward a book for review contact Lynne Lamberg

Business Organizations

Sleep-related professional and public business information can be listed here by sending an email message with relevant information. Listing does not necessarily imply endorsement.