Healthy Sleep for Children

From Michelle Perro, MD

A small project I have been working on that might be of interest. This is an early version of a film produced and directed by Amy Hart for Einstein Medical Center in partnership with Head Start, funded by the NIH. I am featured on the video.

The video talks about the reasons sufficient sleep is so important for children, as well as a simple list of ways to help encourage and support it. While this video is focused on the importance of sleep for children, some of the suggestions are just as valid for adults.

Oxygen Pillow

European Sleep Works designed the Oxygen Pillow specifically to aid in better breathing during sleep. The Oxygen Pillow is engineered to manage head and neck incline and support proper body alignment—positioning you for deeper breathing.

Sleep Apnea Testing

Sleep Apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders, in which breathing stops and then restarts again recurrently during sleep. Sleep Apnea is not just a condition of sleep loss, it also involves oxygen deprivation as the airway becomes blocked when throat tissues relax during sleep. Our Sleep Apnea test can be done in the privacy of your home in just two nights.