“Sleep is a period during which the brain is engaged in a number of activities necessary to life—which are closely linked to the quality of life,” Mark Wu Johns Hopkins, a sleep expert. One-quarter to one-third of a person's lifespan is spent sleeping. However, little is understood about what happens when you sleep.
Sleep medicine is a medical specialization that aids in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders and other sleep-related issues. Over a few decades, the field of sleep medicine has experienced remarkable growth and development, culminating in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's recognition of the discipline as an autonomous medical specialization (ACGME). The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recently released a task force study titled "The Future of Sleep Medicine," which sought to identify a future strategy and vision for the discipline of…
