Sleep better live longer with the groundbreaking information and stepbystep program in this revolutionary book. Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity more influential than diet exercise or heredity. And yet we are a sleepsick society ignorant of the facts of sleepand the price of sleep deprivation. In this groundbreaking book based on decades of study on the frontiers of sleep science Dr. William Dement founder and director of the Stanford University Sleep Research Center explains what happens when we sleep when we dont and how we can reclaim the most powerfuland underratedhealth miracle of all. Taking us on a fascinating tour of our sleeping body and mind Dr. Dement reveals the price we have paid for ignoring sleepan epidemic of heart disease 33 percent of trafficfatiguerelated accidents and immeasurable mental and psychological disadvantages. And he offers a handson prescription for vibrant good health and longevity including...selftests to determine how much sleep you really need...the role of prescription and overthecounter sleeping aids...the latest research on how sleep affects the immune system...how to combat insomnia snoring and jet lag...plus information on sleep disorder clinics nationwide Web sites and more. Taking readers on a fascinating tour of our sleeping body and mind Dr. William C. Dement reveals the price paid for ignoring sleepan epidemic of heart disease trafficfatiguerelated accidents responsible for a full third of all traffic accidents and immeasurable mental and psychological disadvantages. Offering a handson prescription for vibrant good health and longevity THE PROMISE OF SLEEP includes selftests to determine how much sleep you really need full information on the role of prescription and overthecounter sleeping aids the latest research on how sleep affects the immune system helpful methods for combating insomnia snoring and jet lag plus information on sleep disorder clin