June 2008

Features

Cover Story

	Homeward Bound?
	by Ann H. Carlson
	How to stay viable in a growing portable testing market.

	Can Dreaming Unfreeze Parkinson's Disease?
	by Timothy J. Walter, MD, DABSM, and Uma Marar, MD, DABSM
	A study of patients with both Parkinson's disease and REM sleep behavior disorder demonstrated that the movements seen during an episode of acting out a dream may actually appear to be relatively normal.


	Skewed Sleep Studies
	by James MacFarlane, PhD, DABSM
	The effects of psychotropic and neurotropic medications on sleep.


	Spotting Unethical Practices
	by Regina Patrick, RPSGT
	Beware of bad habits in your sleep lab.

Departments

	Editor's Message
	The Candidates' Cure for Ailing Health Care
	by Franklin A. Holman


	Guest Editorial
	Winds of Change in Sleep Medicine
	by William C. Dement, MD, PhD, and Robert Koenigsberg
	Portable monitoring and education are thrusting forward the practice of sleep medicine.


	Case Report
	Portable Monitoring Pathways
	by Joseph Golish, MD
	Technology has made many advances in medicine inaccessible and unaffordable. In the field of sleep, progress in home testing can do exactly the reverse.


	Market Trend
	Home Sleep Testing: Present Position and Predictions
	by Tor Valenza
	There are several key points in CMS' decision, but many unanswered questions remain for local carriers and for the future of sleep medicine.