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For Immediate Release					February 12, 1997
 
The Mysteries of Sleep Discussed in Lawrence University Biology Lecture
 
 
APPLETON, WIS.-- Some of the annoying problems ththat keep us from enjoying a
night of blissful slumber will be discussed by Chicago pulmonologist Dr. 
Charles Alex in the Lawrence University Recent Advances in Biology Lecture, 
"When Sleep Hurts," Friday, February 21 at 3 p.m. in Stephenson Hall, Room 201. 
The event is free and open to the public.

In his address, Alex, a 1975 honor graduate of Lawrence, will examine sleep
disorders related to breathing abnormalities, ranging from snoring and
obstructive sleep apnea to hypoventilation and discuss physiologic approaches
to the diagnosis and treatments of these disorders.  

Alex is director of the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit and the Pulmonary
Function Laboratory at Chicago's Hines V.A. Hospital.  He also serves as
assistant professor of medicine at Loyola University's Stritch School of
Medicine.  After graduating from Lawrence, Alex earned his medical degree at
the University of Illinois-Chicago in 1980.