It's so easy to treat, and regrettably a sizeable portion of practicing physicians are unfamiliar with the condition.

Physicians are no different than you or me. They have a mortgage payment. They have tuition payments, ... They are still here on their own good will, but they are not getting paid for it.

If this goes on for five to seven nights, the original cause -- which may be very legitimate -- has disappeared, but the learned response persists.

I'd like to see sleep be a genuine vital sign that's on the chart, there for the nurse to have to address on every visit, and find out what the patient's been doing about their problem up until then.

The physicians we have with private practices have no revenue coming in. I need both the money to sustain the hospital and money to support medical staff.

Texas has a very strong health care system. Physicians are doing a wonderful job meeting needs under difficult circumstances.