Melatonin

Average humans spend about one third of their life sleeping, but I probably spend about half of my life sleeping. Catching z’s is one my favorite activities to do, I love getting into a cozy bed after a long day, turning on Netflix, and falling asleep to House of Cards. During the day when I feel dog-tired or enervated, I orchestrate a tranquil nap. After a good night sleep or day time nap, I always feel like a rejuvenated newborn baby. That grinded my gears, and prompted me to think, why do we…

the smartphone will affect children mind. The reproduction of high concentration of blue light, which is especially powerful at smothering melatonin in system body will affect children to stay up longer at night. Melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland (a small gland located in the brain) which helps to control our sleep cycle. By disturbing melatonin…

Angelman Syndrome Description of the Disease An extremely rare and uncommon disease known as Angelman Syndrome is a very complex neurodevelopmental and monogenic disorder (Bailus, 2014). The term neurodevelopmental refers to the shape, reshape, state and generation of the nervous system during the embryonic stages of life, while the term monogenic can be explained as a disease, which is controlled and inherited, by a single pair of genes (Gentile, 2009). It is estimated that Angelman Syndrome…

Constellation Dissipation: The Effects of Light Pollution Growing up in a small town in Western Kansas had few advantages. Everyone knew everyone else. There was a small dating pool, so girls would always fight over guys. Life seemed easy, but stressful. Whenever I was feeling stressed or upset, I would look to the stars for guidance. The vastness of the universe seemed at my fingertips, ready to answer any question or conundrum I might have. All I had to do was look up and wait for it…

Should School Begin Later? Students struggle every morning to wake up for school. After struggling to wake up, they struggle to stay awake for eight hours straight. Society should fix this, students should not have to struggle to keep their eyes open while being educated. Years ago people decided to begin school rather early because it is more convenient to cram the school day in early and leave the afternoon for homework and after-school activities… but was it really the right decision?…

Millions of people all over the world saved by the correct use of radiotherapy (1) and about 50 percent of cancer patients have at least ones in their course of treatment (2). Radiation therapy involves exposure to normal tissues as well as the tumor tissue and can cause damage to the normal cells because of the high energy of the gamma and X-ray (1). All molecules in the cell including lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids have potential to receive damage by radiation. However,…

Sleep deprivation in shift workers is becoming increasingly more common as the prevalence of shortened sleep has increased from 7.6 percent in 1975 to 9.3 percent in 2006 (Abrams, 2015). Statistics show that 20 percent of the adult population suffers from sleep deprivation and its effects (Abrams, 2015). Along with these statistics the CDC has reported that 40 percent of night shift workers sleep less than 6 hours of sleep each night in comparison to the 28.8 percent of day shift workers who…

Sleep is a natural period of inactivity of the body. It is a human instinct that has no simplification as to why it even occurs. Even though there is no main reason why we sleep, scientists have created theories for why we sleep. The body possesses a rhythm called circadian rhythm. The circadian rhythm controls wakeness and sleepiness throughout a twenty-four-hour interval. There are two factors that occur to regulate the rhythm. The first is a drive to sleep that gets stronger each hour…

Olga Khazan, in “When You Can’t Afford Sleep,” states that low-income people in the U.S. are more likely to suffer from sleep-deprivation. Approximately half of people earned less than thirty thousands can’t sleep more than six hours compared to 34% people earned more than seventy-five thousands dollars. Khazan thinks that there are two big reasons why they don’t sleep enough. The first reason is they don’t have enough time stayed in the bed and need to work for survival. Too much expenses and…

gradually gaining weight but isn't sure why. Pts stress levels is a 6.5-7; pt thinks she can improve health by increasing sleep. Pt is currently getting about 2-6 hrs of sleep. Pt moved to mom’s house one year ago. Pt takes sleeping tea and Melatonin to around 8:30pm & falls asleep after 11pm. MOC states that pt is on screen up until pt goes to bed. Pt has been attending counseling sessions for at least 3 mo, MOC hasn’t seen changes. Pt spends a lot of time in her room but likes to read,…