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Sleep as Medicine

Meaning

Sleep as Medicine is a clinical philosophy and therapeutic paradigm that elevates optimized sleep quality and duration to the status of a foundational, non-negotiable medical intervention for systemic health and longevity. This perspective recognizes that sleep is not merely a passive state of rest but an active, highly regulated biological process essential for hormonal synthesis, metabolic waste clearance, immune system repair, and neurocognitive consolidation. Clinicians integrate targeted sleep hygiene and chronobiological principles as primary tools for restoring endocrine balance and promoting a regenerative physiological state. Suboptimal sleep is understood as a profound metabolic and hormonal stressor.