Sleep deprivation

• Thyroid disruptions: A lack of sleep can affect the thyroid by first affecting the adrenal glands. Over time, sleep deprivation can reduce adrenal gland function and put the body into a “catabolic” state. This essentially means the body is eating away at itself. The body will try to stop catabolism by slowing down the metabolic rate via the thyroid gland. A person with compromised adrenal glands over time could develop hypothyroidism. Plus, your immune system is compromised because of weak…

to sleep deprivation, decrease in focus while on the job, hardships while on the job, and family separation. As many issues and trends form within Criminal Justice, there is one issue that most people do not take into consideration. As police shootings begin to become an epidemic across the United States. No one seems to stop and think about officers focus on performance due to stress and sleep deprivation. Topic to Study: New York City Police Department: Effects of officer sleep deprivation on…

In Sleep Drive Is Encoded by Neural Plastic Changes in a Dedicated Circuit, the experimenters studied a group of neurons, which are cells that send signals throughout the body, in flies that they found to be associated with inducing sleep drive, which leads to sleep, as a result of the sleep need. In order to find which neuron was responsible for causing sleep drive in flies, the experimenters used heat to activate different kinds of neurons. They found that a significant proportion of the…

Teenagers and Sleep: Why They Cannot Get Enough Sleep deprivation is a common, dangerously unnoticed problem in many Americans today, especially those involved in work and education (Shaw). However, the problem is severely more apparent in the adolescent population, which can be attributed to the increased need for sleep in adolescents. Compared to children, adults, and seniors, teenagers require an abnormally large amount of uninterrupted sleep, a sharp inconsistency in the otherwise…

The Effect of Technology on Sleep Today’s society is crazy about technology. The world is full of technology, and it is everywhere we look. Technology makes it possible to stay connected to everything that happens in the world at any time of the day. Many people would say that this is a good thing, but there can be consequences to using technology. Although technology is important, using technology before bed can negatively affect a person’s sleep patterns and health; therefore, Americans need…

Kaitlyn Peters Ms. James Pre-AP Honors English II 7 January 2016 Keep Sleep Whether or not high school starting times should commence later is a question that many school districts around the United States have reflected on. Factors that prove that school times should be later include sleep deprivation, biological changes, and neurological differences that is present in adolescence. With scientific evidence and studies many have come to the conclusion that school times should begin…

Radio, “As children become teenagers, their sleep-wake cycle shifts two hours later, so it's difficult, if not impossible, for them to go to sleep before 10:30 p.m” (Shute). However, Sumathi Reddy’s Wall Street Journal article observes that over 42% of high schools in the US start prior to 8 am, and just 15% begin after 8:30 (Reddy). In order to benefit students, secondary school should start later in the day. By doing so, a change…

Discussion There are many ideas about why we sleep, but the most common one (that people know) is to gain restoration. Essentially, all energy burned throughout a single day is restored when we sleep. Depleted during the day, rebuilt during the night. What’s important to note is that many genes found within the brain are only stimulated and active during sleep; more importantly, these genes are associated with restoration and metabolic pathways, so this idea makes sense. The most profound and…

Schedule of Physicians”, we have been reading a handful of articles from different books about the importance of sleep and diseases related to lack of sleep. We analyzed the risks of injuries due to sleep deprivation while in residency programs and the journals of residents writing about their different experiences also. Following the readings, we have class discussions about the importance of sleep and the dangers of chronic fatigue. We also have discussed the hours, schedules, and lives of…

early in the morning. A leading cause of death is car accidents, car accidents can be caused by a number things including sleep deprivation. For many new drivers / teenagers, drowsy driving is the cause of many accidents. Some adolescents who get out of school at 3:00 p.m. or earlier have plenty of free time to do anything they want until the work day ends. Also sleep deprivation can increase risk taking behavior and can impair decision-making abilities (Lewis). When decision making…