Circadian rhythm

Restful sleep is vitally important to maintain good physical health. There are a number of things your body accomplishes during the time you spend sleeping, and when sleep is interrupted or avoided altogether there are consequences to be paid. Let's examine why sleep is so important to physical and even mental health. Good sleep can be elusive for many people. For one reason or another, at some point we all struggle with getting the proper amount of restful sleep. Some of the reasons include…

Do we, as a society text, too much?I'm going to tell you that as a society we do text too much. According to Mr. Senning "Think of hufyour audience. Some people especially older ones appreciate a thank-you message. Others, like me want zero reply, it is important to think about what the relationship is with." Encouraged by the unlimited texting plans from carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 texts messages per month…

ImageTeen Sleeping: The Dangers of Not Getting Enough Sleep for Teens 8-10 hours. That is the recommended amount of sleep teenagers are supposed to have each and every night. But is that really how much teens are really getting. A study by the CDC has shown that about 69% of teens get less than 8 hours of sleep on a 24 hour basis. This is because of early school times and an excess of homework along with other activities to do. The recommended time for high schools by the America Academy of…

LONDON was swinging and even New Scientist occasionally delved into affairs as far out as an early Pink Floyd concert. In our 6 January 1966 issue, we reported on “an abstract motion picture projector called Box 3”. It was created by artist John Healey and was being used in hospitals for its “psychological effects”. Apparently the box could “stimulate or soothe, beguile or inspire” using a non-repetitive, symmetrical, curving coloured pattern. It was proving particularly popular in the maternity…

Introduction The following service improvement (SI) proposal is to conduct a pilot study to introduce and offer eye masks and ear plugs to service users that are being cared for on a surgical high dependency unit. This SI will aim to improve the service user’s quality of sleep and consequently, increase their speed of recovery and reduce their time in hospital. Lippitt et al. (1958) Phase of Change Theory will be implemented and utilised to form a structured approach to the stages involved to…

Adult Bedwetting: Causes & Solutions According to the National Association for Continence (NAFC), 5 million adults experience the condition of sleep enuresis (often referred to as bedwetting). While this health issue can be inconvenient, embarrassing, and even alarming, it can be managed. If you suffer from periodic or regular bedwetting, here are some tips and general information that can help. What Causes Adult Bedwetting? When an adult urinates while sleeping, it could be due to a variety…

It was too goddamn hot in this room, I thought to myself. Too goddamn hot to sleep and too goddamn hot to be productive. I looked at the old alarm clock on my nightstand that I had owned since I was born and sent a curse or two to the ceiling. It was 4 am and once again I found myself aggressively not sleeping. It had been like this all summer. I wanted so badly to blame my insomnia on biological mistakes and mutations, but I knew the real culprit. My summer thus far had consisted of 18 hour…

After recording my hours of sleep, I realized that I am not getting enough; especially because the week of October 6, 2015 was considered a good week- I did not have as much homework as usual. This worries me because I am a growing teenager who needs sleep in order to be healthy. I tend to daydream a lot and I am also forgetting information in a short amount of time. Due to tracing my sleep, I have come to realize why this is occurring. I try to go to bed as early as possible, but with all of…

In “Early Rising No Good for the Heart: Study.” AFP News says "Rising early to go to work or exercise might not be beneficial to heal, but rather a risk for vascular diseases”. However, people who know how to manage time to do their tasks during the day, even though they have to get up early to make the schedule fit in still avoid the risk and have a healthy life. For example, in my early-20s, I have a full time job and full time student, my job starts from 4am to 2pm and my class schedule from…

Daylight savings time negative effects that are associated with it. One of these problems with daylight savings time would be the way it effects sleep, daylight savings time turns the clock back an hour which effects the total amount of sleep during the night. The lack of sleep causes more work place injuries because of the 1-hour loss of sleep. there was not just more injury's, but they were also more severe then they usually are (Barnes, Christopher., Wagner, David. 2009). The interesting part…