by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

I hope you enjoy our video. We have worked long and hard to create and edit this. My managing editor, Leigh Ann Hubbard, and director of photography, Gary Otte, have done most of the work.

After going through the experience myself, I wanted to give people a feeling of what it is really like. I put the test off for a while because I thought I would miss a day’s work before and after and be exhausted due to lack of sleep that night. That just was not the case at all. Sure, there are a lot of wires, but they are bunched up out of the way. It was really worth it for me.

Has anyone else experienced a sleep lab?

by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

Today, I am excited to introduce a new video series from the American College of Physicians that highlights research findings from their journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, along with other pertinent medical news.

For each video we add (including this one), I will make comments here on the blog.

This week, the video explains a recent study on prehypertension–and finds that many develop the problem at a young age.

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