By Moira Lawler, Apr 22, 2024
“Generally speaking, sleeping naked is both natural and comfortable, assuming you are not too cold,” says Alex Dimitriu, MD, a double board-certified physician specializing in psychiatry and sleep medicine and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California. (Dimitriu is also a medical reviewer for Everyday Health.)
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By Kali Coleman, Mar 31, 2024
“Constant worry can make us less present, less happy, and certainly sleep more poorly at night,” Alex Dimitriu, MD, a physician board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine, explained in a statement accompanying the survey. “Thoughts, and especially worries, can continue to spiral as part of a vicious cycle.”
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By Heidi Borst, Mar 26, 2024
According to Alex Dimitriu, MD, a double board-certified psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist, and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine, symptoms of low testosterone include:
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By Erica Sweeney, Mar 25, 2024
A sleep coach can help people with non-medical aspects of sleep issues, says Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a board-certified physician in psychiatry and sleep medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. This might include suggesting changes to a sleep environment and holding people accountable for following the recommendations. But, they can’t diagnose sleep disorders or prescribe treatments—which you might need to solve your sleep problems. But, he adds, “It’s not hard these days for anyone to call themselves a ‘coach’ in various fields.”
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By Jack Byram, Mar 24, 2024
According to Dr. Dimitriu, most sleep trackers work by tracking heart rate and heart rate variations, as well as through tracking movement and body temperature. When it comes to sleep stage tracking, he says that heart rate, breathing, and movement are what is being used for this, but he does warn that these can be hard metrics to track, even with an EEG (brainwave recorder) in a lab.
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By Lindsey Lanquist, Mar 5, 2024
The Scandinavian sleep method also creates two personalized sleep environments within the same bed. Instead of compromising on duvet thickness and texture, each partner can pick a blanket that suits their needs and preferences. This is more expensive than sharing a blanket, and it gives you more to manage when doing laundry or making the bed. But having more control over your sleep environment goes a long way, says Alex Dimitriu, M.D., founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine.
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By BethAnn Mayer, Mar 2, 2024
What you eat for dinner is important, but so is when you eat it. “Food timing is essential,” explains Dr. Alex Dimitriu, MD, who is double board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine. “The narrower the window of eating during the day, the better. It’s not easy, but ideally, people should eat only while the sun is up.” In other words, try to eat dinner around sunset. Dr. Dimitriu points to evidence from a 2022 study that found that consistent timing of first and last meals, shorter eating windows and earlier food consumption was optimal for calorie restriction and weight-gain prevention.
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By Erica Sweeney, Feb 29, 2024
The breathing exercise is based on a yoga principle called pranayama breathing, or slow exhale, explains Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a double board-certified physician in sleep medicine and psychiatry and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. It’s become more popular recently, but integrative medicine expert Andrew Weil, M.D. has been teaching the method for decades.
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By Melissa Rudy, Feb 10, 2024
Alex Dimitriu, M.D., who is double board-certified in psychiatry and sleep medicine and is founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, also warned of adverse effects. “There is evidence that even a single night of insufficient — or worse yet, absent — sleep leads to a buildup of toxins in the brain similar to those seen in people with Alzheimer’s disease,” he told Fox News Digital. “Similar to Alzheimer’s, even one night of lost sleep can cause fatigue, impaired impulse control, mood instability, diminished attention and memory — all symptoms similar to ADHD.”
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CBS13 spoke with Dr. Alex Dimtriu, founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, about why the pulse of the country all seems to be dealing with doom and gloom. “In my view of things, I think the world caught a fever ever since COVID came and went and we are still feeling that fever,” Dr. Dimitriu said. He suggests people should take a break and if needed, seek help. “Getting enough sleep, not scrolling on social media until two in the morning are all positive things and I think the real change starts at home, it starts with you and in any situation, I think you need to look at where you have control,” Dr. Dimitrui said.
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Breanna Mona, Jan 30, 2024
The more important a conversation is, the more dimensions of communication (body language, etc.) may be required to make it effective, says Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a consultation psychiatrist at Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, California.
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By Jessica Freeborn, Jan 30, 2024
Overall, the results still point to the benefits of kiwi and vitamin C for mental health.
“The strength of the findings for people with low vitamin C levels is impressive, and it was impressive to see kiwi separate from vitamin C tablets, which also demonstrates a non-response to placebo vitamin C tablets,” Dr. Alex Dimitriu, double board-certified psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, told MNT. Dr. Dimitriu was not involved in the research. “It may have been a good direction to add a non high in vitamin C fruit control, besides kiwi fruit. For anyone not eating enough citrus fruit or presumably low vitamin C levels, studies like this support a substantial benefit from a relatively risk and cost-free intervention of getting more vitamin C in their diet,” he added.
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By Melissa Rudy, Jan 25, 2025
Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, also was not part of the OSU research, but he shared his thoughts on the concept of “research dilution.” “In psychology, ‘resource dilution’ suggests that the availability of parental resources, such as time, attention and finances, decreases as the number of children in a family increases,” he told Fox News Digital. “The authors also mention that prior studies showed advantages to having more siblings, so overall the data is mixed,” he added.
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By Melissa Rudy, Jan 25, 2024
Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, was not involved in the Nottingham study but reviewed the findings. “There is no doubt that magnetic brain stimulation can be an effective treatment for depression, and this study, using targeted magnetic pulses, further reinforces the efficacy of this treatment,” he said. A similar type of focused magnetic therapy was developed at Stanford, which found similar strong positive outcomes, Dimitriu said.
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