About 40 million of Americans suffer from either insomnia or sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome Some of the symptoms of sleep disorders like snoring for example, which our society a lot of times think is something benign or sort of acute even in some cases. It's not really benign. In a lot of cases, it could be a sign of something that's more serious and can result into cardiac events like heart attacks or irregular heart rate, atrial fibrillations, a heart failure down the road. It can worsen seizures if someone already has seizures. It can increase the risk of stroke and again auto accidents. Sleep symptoms are involved in about 30 percent. The common symptom of sleep disorders is the sense of feeling fatigue despite getting a reasonable amount of sleep. We spend about eight hours, about one third of our time sleeping If something is going wrong during that time, it will have a huge impact on our daytime function. The Sleep Center at El Camino Hospital is unique in many aspects. It's a very comprehensive program. It's a hospital-based program and by comprehensive I mean that we treat a wide spectrum of sleep disorders from the very rare to the most common and we work individually with every patient. They get one-on-one attention with the physician. It's very patient-centered. We talk to the patient. We will ask you all kinds of questions. We will try to understand your circumstances and what's actually bothering you, what your needs are. We look at your healthcare history and see what medications you're on and what diseases you might be suffering from and we do an examination. In the next step, what we do is a sleep study and the sleep study will answer a lot of questions, will help us determine how well someone is breathing during their sleep which is very important. If they're having any apnea, it will also help answer questions whether they have something else happening, whether there would be kicking in their sleep or there would be other abnormalities happening during their sleep that the patient is not aware of. All the patient has to do is basically sleep. We have a nice environment. It's more like a hotel environment rather that it's a hospital. You won't have the beeping noises and the nurse coming in every five minutes to check or anything like that. It's a fairly quiet environment. All you really have to do is come in and sleep and we will make sure you're comfortable and make sure we get all the data without bothering you. There's a whole spectrum of treatment options. This is why we emphasize getting to know the patient individually, getting to know their needs, getting to know their risks and getting to know what is really standing in the way between them and a good night's sleep and we will help them to get through the process whether it's a little bit of weight loss, whether it's getting the right advice that can help them sleep better or whether it's maybe a small surgery that can be helpful. If you take control of your health, if you take control of your sleep, which is about one-third of your time on earth, you will be better off. You will feel better and you will only have a positive impact on your overall health.