Top Sleep Medicine Doctors in Mize, MS

Rudolph S Runnels, MD
Medical & Surgical Clinic
376A Simpson Highway 149
Magee, MS 39111
  • Family Medicine
  • Family Medicine - Sleep Medicine
  • 31 years experience
  • Board certified
What are Sleep Medicine Specialists?

A sleep medicine specialist is specially trained in diagnosing and treating disorders involving sleep.

Sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome and insomnia are very common and can often cause other serious health issues, such as depression, asthma, and migraines. Sleep medicine specialists often work in sleep centers where they observe a patient while sleeping and monitor brain waves, behavior, and vital signs in order to identify the causes of sleep disturbance, or an inability to sleep (insomnia).

Sleep medicine specialists treat patients through advising on sleep hygiene, providing cognitive behavioral therapy, using light therapy, or medical sleep aides.

The area of Mize, MS has a population of approximately 2,538 people. There is 1 sleep medicine doctor near Mize, which gives it a ratio of 1 sleep medicine doctor per 2,538 residents or a ratio of 1 sleep medicine doctor per 957 households. There are 957 households in Mize.