BROADCASTS.com

\u201cWe all have this badge of honor\u2026that we\u2019re going to stay up all night\u2026and we\u2019ll sleep when we\u2019re dead, and it took a really long time for me to figure out that that\u2019s completely wrong and backward and scary and dangerous,\u201d says Dr. Seema Khosla, who now serves as the Medical Director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep. She began her career as a pulmonology resident rather unaware of the critical importance of sleep, as she worked herself to the bone and felt her own sense of honor in doing so. But throughout her career, Dr. Khosla has come to not only realize how detrimental it can be to not get enough quality sleep, but also how connected quality sleep is to pulmonary issues. Among the most common, for example, is sleep apnea, but she discusses that the issues are so much more varied than that, and as such must be addressed on an individual basis. It\u2019s never a one-size-fits-all approach at her clinic; it\u2019s about tailoring treatments to each individual\u2019s unique needs.

Dr. Khosla\u2019s insight makes for a compelling conversation that touches on what it\u2019s like to monitor sleep studies, why many people want to avoid them, to begin with, how society, the media, and institutions are experiencing a shift in their attitude towards the importance of sleep, novel ways of treating sleep apnea that do not include CPAP machines, and an exciting prospective feature of upcoming Fitbit products that would further simplify the ability to track sleep and identify the problems you might not even know you have.\xa0

Interested in learning more? Press play and reach out with questions by calling 701-356-3000