How Sleep Deprivation Affects Your Health

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How Sleep Deprivation Affects Your Health
Oct 19, 2021
Baptist Health South Florida

When you visit your doctor, chances are that lifestyle factors like diet and exercise are part of the conversation. Increasingly, so is sleep.  Sleep deprivation not only has short-term effects on alertness and cognitive function, over time it can lead to a host of other significant health issues, discussed in this episode hosted by Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., preventative cardiologist and lipidologist at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.

Guests:
Rachel Rohaidy, M.D., psychiatrist and medical director with the Recovery Village at Baptist Health South Florida
Harneet Walia, M.D., director of sleep medicine and continuous improvement at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute