Tag: health issues

By Amanda Dyslin Special to The Free Press | Mar 12, 2017 MANKATO — Ideally, people should spend one-third of their lives sleeping, said Dr. Nidal Alkurdy, a Mankato Clinic neurologist and sleep specialist. “Sleep is a very important component in the health of the brain,” Alkurdy said. “You cannot have a healthy brain in a person who is not sleeping healthy.” Major advances in sleep science occurred in the mid-20th century after the discovery of rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep in 1953. But the focus on evaluation and management of sleep disorders have only developed in the past …