
KTLA: How To Get A Good Nights Rest
Between the temperature you should be sleeping in and the 'Pre-Bedtime' habits to keep, sleep specialist Dr. Raj Dasgupta talks about how to get a good night’s rest with KTLA’s 5 Live on July 25, 2018. More info is at doctorrajd.com Click to see the entire segment on KTLA 5 #RajDasgupta #ktla5 #Thedoctors #sleepaids #cantsleep #howtosleep #sleepspecialist #professor #USC #KeckSchoolofMedicineattheUniversityofSouth


Raj Dasgupta on 'The Doctors' 2018
Doctor Raj is the Official 'Sleep and Pulmonary' specialist of the doctors. According to Dr. Travis - "Doctor Raj - the most interesting Pulmonologist in the world". #rajdasgupta #cantsleep #howtosleep #Healthysleep #thedoctors #Thedoctors #pulmonary #SleepApnea #sleepgroaning #SleepMedicine #sleepspecialist #sleepwell #HealthyLiving

How Much Sleep Do I Really Need?
The purpose of this blog is to promote Health and Wellness to parents and their children. Our job as physicians is to do exactly this and additionally improve the quality of life of everyone that I come into contact with. How much sleep do we really need? This is a question I get a lot from children and adult patients. We know a child requires more sleep than adults, but how much more? Is 8, 9, or 10 hours enough? The American Academy of Sleep Medicine published guidelines in

WOMEN'S HEALTH: How To Keep Up Your Healthy Routine While Traveling
MAKE A HOTEL FEEL LIKE HOME Call it the “first night effect.” “In a new environment (like a hotel room halfway across the world), we have a hard time falling asleep,” says Raj Dasgupta, M.D., an assistant professor at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Blame your brain. “We’re hyper-alert and cognitively aroused.” The trick to finding shuteye: convincing your body that you’re somewhere familiar. Bringing a small blanket or a photo of family memb


MENS HEALTH: 7 Reasons You're Exhausted After a Full Night's Sleep
Alcohol also triggers heartburn and reflux," says Rajkumar Dasgupta, M.D., spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Since symptoms like coughing and choking caused by reflux worsen when you are lying down, you’re practically guaranteeing a bad night’s sleep. It might be a no-brainer, but caffeine wreaks havoc on your sleep in more ways than one. "Caffeine in particular can lengthen sleep latency and make it hard to fall asleep, because it is a stimulant,” says


NY TIMES: Does Magnesium Help You Sleep?
Q. Does magnesium help you sleep? A. Studies have found a link between low levels of magnesium, an essential mineral that plays a crucial role in a wide range of bodily processes, and sleep disorders. But if you are concerned you aren’t getting enough magnesium, changing your diet may be a better option than taking a supplement, as “there is really sparse evidence that taking super-therapeutic doses of magnesium will give you a benefit,” said Dr. Raj Dasgupta, a professor of

What Is Light Sleep vs. Heavy Sleep, and How Can You Get What You Need?
Lack of Shut-eye and a Sleep Deficit Crisis Many health experts are calling attention to what they see as a public health crisis today: major sleep deficit. Between busy schedules at work and home, and devices that constantly connect us to email and social media — and let us binge-watch our favorite shows — we are more sleep deprived than ever. This can wreak havoc on our physical, mental, and emotional health, says Rajkumar Dasgupta, MD, assistant professor of clinical medic

iHeart Media: Sleep Disturbances associated with Binge Watching
Netflix biggest competitor is SLEEP!! Cognizant arousal may get you anxious at the time where you should be gearing down, turning off your electronics, lowering the light and getting ready for sleep. It's easy to get emotionally invested in the characters and the scene you are watching. Most people who are planning to binge watch weren't planning to binge watch in the first place. If binge watching is keeping you from seeing friends and family, being social or preventing y

Health Day: Sleepless Nights Plague Many Women In Middle Age
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Lots of middle-aged American women are fretfully counting sheep each night, new research shows. The study, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that close to 20 percent of all women aged 40 to 59 said they had trouble falling asleep on four or more nights in the prior week. Sleep troubles were even more likely if the woman was in the years where she's transitioning into menopause ("perimenopause"). Among t

Shape: How to Sleep On Any Flight, According to Top Sleep Docs
Booking a first-class seat that doubles as a bed might be the best bet for sleeping on a plane, but what's a girl to do when her bank account calls for coach? Well, no matter *where* your seat is, you're still going to want to focus on getting some quality rest to set you up for a healthier trip. That's because not getting enough sleep majorly multiplies your chances of catching a basic cold (like from that jerk sitting in front of you not covering his mouth when he sneezes).