Latest news with #SleepDisordersCenter
CBS News
31-07-2025
- CBS News
Over 200 patients suing Northwell Health over hidden cameras in Long Island sleep center bathrooms
Roughly 250 patients are suing Northwell Health after a former employee pleaded guilty to secretly recording people in bathrooms at a Long Island sleep center. The civil lawsuit was filed in Nassau County Supreme Court. It alleges that Northwell failed to protect them from illegal surveillance by Sanjai Syamaprasad. He admitted in court to installing hidden cameras inside bathrooms at the Northwell Sleep Disorders and STARS Rehabilitation Center in Manhasset where he worked. In a statement Wednesday, Northwell said: "We were deeply disturbed when we first learned information regarding the conduct of the former employee, who has not worked here for over one year. We promptly reported his conduct to the DA's Office, immediately revoked his access to the premises, and fully cooperated in the DA's Office's investigation and prosecution of him. Safeguarding the privacy of our patients and employees will always remain a high priority for us." According to prosecutors, between October 2022 and April 2024, Syamaprasad placed a spy camera that looked like a smoke detector in nine bathrooms to film showers and toilets. A co-worker eventually caught Syamaprasad watching the videos while he was at work, prosecutors say. Northwell says they immediately fired him and alerted law enforcement. Prosecutors seized hundreds of videos, but they say while Syamaprasad allegedly recorded body parts of hundreds of people, they were only able to identify and bring charges involving five victims, including a child. Syamaprasad pleaded guilty to unlawful surveillance and evidence tampering earlier this month, and a judge offered five years probation and sex offender registration with no jail time. Sentencing will be formalized on Sept. 15. Carolyn Gusoff contributed to this report.
CNN
08-06-2025
- Health
- CNN
These 4 hacks could help you make the most of your circadian rhythm
Feeling tired all the time? CNN's Randi Kaye sits down with a neurologist at University of Michigan's Sleep Disorders Center to learn how modern habits are breaking our natural sleep-wake cycles and gets a few tips on how to reset and realign.
CNN
08-06-2025
- Health
- CNN
These 4 hacks could help you make the most of your circadian rhythm
Feeling tired all the time? CNN's Randi Kaye sits down with a neurologist at University of Michigan's Sleep Disorders Center to learn how modern habits are breaking our natural sleep-wake cycles and gets a few tips on how to reset and realign.
CNN
08-06-2025
- Health
- CNN
These 4 hacks could help you make the most of your circadian rhythm
Feeling tired all the time? CNN's Randi Kaye sits down with a neurologist at University of Michigan's Sleep Disorders Center to learn how modern habits are breaking our natural sleep-wake cycles and gets a few tips on how to reset and realign.
CNN
25-03-2025
- Health
- CNN
Socks could really improve your sleep, experts say
Sign up for CNN's Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. CNN — Want to improve your chances for a good night's sleep? This idea could actually knock your socks on, says behavioral sleep disorders specialist Michelle Drerup. 'It sounds counterintuitive, I know, but by wearing socks to bed and warming your feet, you may actually lower your core body temperature and fall asleep faster,' said Drerup, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Cleveland Clinic. Here's how that happens. During the day, a typical adult's core temperature rises to between 97 and 99 degrees Fahrenheit (36.1 C and 37.2 C), with an average of 98.6 F (37 C) — children 10 and younger may run a bit cooler. As night approaches, core temperature begins to drop by one to two degrees, preparing the body for sleep. A process called distal vasodilation helps with cooling by widening blood vessels in the extremities — primarily the hands and feet — thus increasing heat loss though the skin. As the skin warms, the core of the body cools, which is where those toasty socks come in handy. 'By making your feet warmer, you're opening up blood vessels to help cool down the rest of the body,' Drerup said. 'So increasing the blood circulation to your feet results in a lower core temperature.' In fact, a small study published in 2018 found young men who slept in socks fell asleep nearly eight minutes faster and slept 32 minutes longer than those who didn't, with fewer awakenings during the night. Keeping it cool It's not just socks. Sleep experts suggest keeping the entire bedroom about 65 F (18.3 C) to keep your core temperature cool during the night. Of course, that can fluctuate, with some requiring a room closer to 60 F (15.6 C) and others preferring a warmer 70 F (21.1 C). Another tip is to take a warm (not hot) shower or bath before bed. The principle is the same, Drerup said. 'If I'm slightly increasing my core body temperature a bit just before bedtime, then there's a bigger drop as it lowers, and that potentially helps with feeling sleepy,' she said. This tip may not work for everyone. In my home, I'm addicted to fuzzy socks and wear them religiously to bed — if my tootsies are the slightest bit chilly, sleep is impossible. My husband, on the other hand, immediately kicks the covers off his feet, preferring what I view as popsicle toes. To each their own, says sleep specialist Jennifer Mundt, an associate professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of Utah who sees patients at the school's Sleep Wake Center. 'If you wear socks to bed and you feel like your feet are too hot, by all means, take your socks off,' Mundt said. 'It's the same idea with room temperature. People can get really hung up — 'Oh, I heard from this podcast or this book that the bedroom should be this exact temperature.' 'That's just not really the way it works,' she added. 'Just use your own judgment of just what feels comfortable, because our bodies are good at telling us if we're too warm or we're too cold.'
