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Having Trouble Sleeping During The COVID-19 Pandemic? You’re Not The Only One.

Anxiety and dread about the state of the world right now are keeping many of us awake at night.

Whether it's your health or your job, some aspect of COVID-19 is probably throwing you off and making it difficult to rest. But we hope you can find some comfort in knowing this is happening to SO many other people right now.

Dr. Michael Awad is a fellowship-trained sleep surgeon and chief of sleep surgery at Northwestern Medicine, and joins Dr. Holly to talk about sleep apnea, how sleep can build immunity, what to do when the world feels out of our control, and he tells us a bit more about this newer field he's in: sleep surgery.

Having Trouble Sleeping During The COVID-19 Pandemic? You’re Not The Only One.
Featuring:
Dr. Michael Awad
Dr. Michael Awad is a fellowship trained sleep surgeon and chief of sleep surgery at Northwestern Medicine. He’s establishing a state-of-the-art program at Northwestern Medicine, providing surgical options for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Awad is also an active researcher and scientist, studying upper airway stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea.