Melatonin

Yaohui Yang Writing How Later School Start Time Benefits Students In today’s society, many students are facing chronic health issues like sleep deprivation and delaying school start time might just be the solution. A recent study suggests that teens need an average span of 9 hours of sleep per night for optimal academic performance, and a later school starting time would ensure that students could get the essential 9 hours of sleep. Delayed school start time also comes with many benefits,…

Recently, I have been asked a lot about the difference between having The Blues and being depressed. I give depression awareness advice through my business and LifeTips.com and have published an e book titled, " Keep The Magic and Survive Their Depression" which will be sold soon at Wendi.com. With depression ads all over the media many people are becoming skittish about what they are feeling and if it relates to depression. Apparently, commercials meant to compete for you dollars in the…

On Saturday, June 25, 2005 in London, England, a fifteen-year old girl left her house and went straight up to a construction. She climbed a 130-foot crane. She wasn’t afraid, not careless; she was just asleep. Luckily, a man was passing when he saw her, he immediately call the authorities. After that a firefighter came and helped her get down after waking her up.1 This can demonstrate the amazing incidents that can happen while we sleep. Some of you may ask yourselves how can this happen? The…

in patients with Alzheimer's. This break down adds to the problems with the sleep-wake cycle and leads to confusion, irritation, and other sundowning symptoms. Also helping regulate circadian rhythm is the hormone melatonin, which is produced in the pineal gland during sleep. Melatonin levels are decreased in patients with alzheimer's, further affecting their sleep cycles. There are other sleep disorders that can result in sundowning…

Vinpocetine is used worldwide and side effects are generally mild. 5-hydroxytryptophan(5HTP is a necessary molecule in the central nervous system's processing of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Serotonin regulates mood and behavior. 5-HTP also influences melatonin which is an important factor in sleep cycles. Huperzine A is derived from the herb Lycopodium serratum, commonly known as club moss. It plays a role in preserving acetylcholine levels, a neurotransmitter important in cognitive…

other possible problems that may be causing such severe pain in the low back and pelvic region. She is having a difficult time sleeping and is requesting something to help with that. She has tried over the counter treatments such as Tylenol PM, melatonin, and benadryl. She was started on Silenor but she says she could not pick it…

The sound of an alarm clock in the early morning can be a dreadful sound for many teenagers to hear. Many teenagers hit the snooze button in hopes of just a couple more minutes to sleep in. A typical weekday can be full of exhaustion and lack of motivation from school. The idea of later start times for school has been an issue that could be subjected to change in the near future. If school times started later in the morning, it would not only benefit the student’s health and wellness, school…

Many of us have memory lapses from time to time. We can’t remember a password, where we put our glasses, or why we came into the room. When these lapses happen, we assume it’s a common sign of aging, or perhaps a repercussion from too much wine and too little sleep the night before. But memory loss is also a side effect of common prescription drugs. If your daily life has become hampered by trouble remembering things, one of these prescription drugs may be the culprit. Antianxiety Drugs…

Kayla Bilyard English 101 Research Paper December 5, 2016 Why Schools Should Have a Later Start Time Sleep is a fundamental priority next to hydration and nourishment. Sleep, hydration, and nourishment all have one thing in common, humans need them to function and survive. Most people don’t think of sleep as being just as important as eating and drinking, but it is. Just like humans need a certain amount of food and water to be healthy, they also require a certain amount of sleep. Sleep is the…

On October 1st, 1953, what people thought would be a “miracle drug” was released. This drug was called thalidomide. It was originally created in Germany, and was used to help people go to sleep, and also helped relieve pregnant women from the pain of morning sickness. The drug was used worldwide. Unfortunately, the people who took thalidomide had no idea how it would affect the their offsprings. What would be called Thalidomide babies were born. These babies were born with disabilities such as…