Rhythm

What program activities specifically need to be carried out in order to meet each objective? In my first objective, I state by month 5, 10 % of students increased their hours of sleep from 5 to 6, to 7 to 8 throughout the weekday. One activity to conduct is downloading a sleep tracker app for enrolled participants. This app is able to detect how well you are sleeping at night. The app comes with a sleeping log and smart alarms. Downloading the app will help you realize what behaviors are causing…

Some children may already be born with a condition that will automatically affect them, diabetes or a blood condition etc.. Other children may have a predisposition towards certain diseases which may affect them later in life, an example of this is asthma. Children who live in areas where the air quality is poor or are living in conditions of damp and smoking are more likely to develop Asthma as opposed to other children living in better conditions. If a child is unwell for a long time or they…

Recent scientific developments seem to show that insomniacs may now have a chance for a better quality of life. The release in the market of different kinds of melatonin sleep aid products has given new hope for better sleep conditions for the millions of insomniacs around the world. Melatonin Synthesized from serotonin and produced by the pineal gland, Melatonin is a naturally occurring substance. Melatonin production is highest at night and naturally signals the body that it is time to sleep…

The use of misuse drugs today is often the cause to drug dependency in pharmaceutical drug therapy. Today primary care physicians, often use drugs for more than one course of treatment and or diagnoses or condition. Therefore, if clinicians do not appropriately assess patients and or clients the use of that drug may potentially be a result of misdiagnoses. Prescribing sleep aids for conditions other the primary symptom of insomnia Restless leg syndrome has been suggested as a cause to sleep…

I am writing to you on behalf of your influential book, “The Teenage Brain”. Your experience and expertise as a neurosurgeon has me confident in your abilities to understand how much sleep teenagers need for a healthy lifestyle. As a teenager myself, I am constantly in need of more sleep. Not only do my peers and I lack sleep, but also constantly stressing about school and all the tasks we must manage in such a short period of time. I am Mie Pretlow, a current junior at Niceville High School…

Night terrors happen to, most commonly, children around four to twelve years of age, but can occur throughout all ages. “Sleep terrors are equally prevalent for males and females.” (Cline p1) Most of the time with night terrors, one will not fully wake up, but can hear what is going on around them. Night terrors most often occur in the NREM stages of sleep, but do occasionally happen in the REM sleep. “Night terrors are a sleep disorder characterized by anxiety episodes with extreme panic, often…

Night terrors also known as sleep terrors are episodes of intense fear, flailing and screaming while the person is sleeping. They are also paired with sleep walking. It is also a sleep disorder in which a person quickly wakes from sleep in a terrified state. Sleepwalking and night terrors are considered a parasomnia, and are a undesired occurrence during sleep. Night terrors are more common in children but they can also affect adults. When an episode occurs it usually lasts from a few…

In Chapter three I found the sleeping stages very interesting. I think that it is amazing that there are four total stages of sleep once you start sleeping. Also, it is cool that about every ninety minutes, you cycle through four distinct sleep stages. Out of all the stages the one that caught my attention the most was the last stage, the REM stage. This stage surprised me the most because it said that this stage arouses people the most, especially if you were to have a nightmare. Which it said…

Wrinkles are a natural part of the aging process. However, the city that you live in is one of the factors that affect how fast you age. Most Wrinkle-Prone Cities Denver, Colorado Denver is at a high altitude, and it also has thin air. This makes it easy for the ultraviolet rays to penetrate one's skin. Ultraviolet skins can cause wrinkles. They can also increase the risk of skin cancer. New York, New York New York is known as the city that ever sleeps. There are many people who live in New…

Introduction Sleep apnea is a disorder in which breathing is interrupted due to obstruction of the airway. While the individual is asleep, they are unable to breathe for short increments of time. These increments can lasts from 10 seconds to a minute and can occur multiple times during the night. Sleep apnea can be induced by obesity, age, gender, and other factors that are vital to the diagnosis of the disorder. Those suffering from sleep apnea may appear to act abnormally and have cognitive…