Circadian rhythm

Introduction Adequate sleep has an important role in the academic performance. Sleep has been a part of one’s everyday life. But currently, the ability to sleep may be intruded by the things that cause stress or maybe one exchange sleep with work or play time (Breus, n.d.). It can affect one’s way of living and how one interacts with things or people (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, n.d.). To be able to function properly, teens or young adults need about eight to ten hours of sleep…

A second important study by Barger, Flynn-Evans, Czeisler, et al.25 examined the sleep deficiency and medication use among astronauts. The objective of the study was “to characterize representative sleep patterns of astronauts on both short-duration and long-duration spaceflight missions”.25 The authors conducted an observational study that examined the ISS and space shuttle missions. To assess sleep, the authors utilized actigraphy and sleep logs, which collected data three months before the…

The video by Russell Foster about sleeping was interesting and informative. One of the facts given in the video was really impressive; an average human sleeps about 36% of the time in their life. For example, if a person lives 90 years then, he or she sleeps 32 years of their life. This is really fascinating that an average human would sleep over one-quarter of their lifetime. Secondly, I was amazed when I heard the fact that “100,000 accidents on the freeway have been associated with tiredness,…

School related stress takes a toll on a students’ sleep schedule, causing their sleep quality and quantity to quickly deteriorate. For example, when overwhelmed by school related anxieties many teens find themselves unable to fall asleep. In further support of this idea, Lindsey Holmes, in her article, “5 Ways Stress Wrecks Your Sleep,” published in The Huffington Post on September 17, 2014, declares that, when overwhelmed by school related anxieties many teens find themselves unable to fall…

Overview Nightmare disorder, also called parasomnia, is a condition in which a person experiences frequent vivid nightmares. During the night, we go through the sleep cycle four to six times, with the length of REM sleep becoming longer each time. Nightmares occur most often during the REM stage, so patients are more likely to have them during the last half of the night. Everyone experiences nightmares from time to time. It is when they become recurrent and create problems for the patient that…

Nowadays, most of the teenagers go to bed very late. Because they were multitasking while doing their homework, it makes them spend more time on it, thus delay their sleeping time. But those teenagers do not know how sleep affect their bodies. If teenagers do not sleep 9 ¼ hours, they feel tired in class and cannot concentrate. Sleep deprivation can also affect their reaction. However, there are some ways to give back the lost sleeping hours to our bodies. Have enough sleep hours and good…

Between work, school, and other obligations, twenty-four hours a day never seems long enough. This statement is especially true for teenagers who are always trying to find ways to stay focused. One might try a new diet, start to exercise more, or begin meditation. Although these ways have benefited many, a new way to stay energized has emerged. Energy aids, as explained in this paper, are a collection of drinks that are filled with caffeine or sugar and are said to increase vitality. This rise…

Periodic Limb Movement Disorder Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD), also known as nocturnal myoclonus, is a sleeping disorder in which those who are affected by PLMD experience will involuntarily move their limbs during sleep, and rarely while awake. This can include both legs and arms. There is a wide range of those at risk, and is more likely to occur with age. PLMD is often confused with Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), although though to be the same each has its own characteristics that…

SWW The general argument made by Dr Nerina Ramlakhan in her work, “Are we Addicted to technology”, is that technology has negative effect on the well being of an individual. More specifically, Dr Ramlakhan argues that technology causes people to feel tired. She states, “ They go to bed but can't sleep, or fall asleep exhausted and wake up tired”. In this quote she is saying that technology makes you feel tired. She also states that “tech related burnout is also common in people with certain…

As the completion increases in the society, people try to look for a way to do things as much as possible in order to have advantages. For them, reducing sleep time is one of the options. In the Ted Talk “Why Do We Sleep”, Russell Foster shows us sleeping is necessary, if not, people may have trouble in health. Most of us have wrong concepts of sleeping and think it will waste time. Actually, sleeping is an important to recover people’s brain. When people sleep, things still active in brain,…