Sleep medicine

amount of sleep each individual is able to get. People should not only take school and work into consideration when talking about sleep habits, but also think about the stress situations that is in someone’s life that could lead an individual to have anxiety and in many cases, it could lead to insomnia. In some other cases, the stress level could also lead to depression, causing an individual to want to sleep more and to not get out of bed. The important question is not why people like to sleep…

somewhat like the active ingredients in valerian. Catnip is a gentle but potent sleep-inducer for people who calms without affecting you the next day. It soothes the nervous system and can safely help you get a restless child off to sleep, in fact catnip, including chamomile, is one of the most frequently recommended herbs for use in childrens complaint. Catnip tea has long been used in traditional herbal medicine to combat digestive disturbances, and reducing the pain of menstrual cramps. A…

Sleep is by far the most mysterious part of our day. Sleep takes up nearly one third of our life, yet the general population know surprisingly very little about it (Randall). Some people have given up on their alarm clock, because it never wakes them up. Yet in reality the real reason for this is a sleep related amnesia in which one does not remember doing something right before one falls asleep. REM, rapid eye movement, sleep is a period of sleep that occurs about 70 to 90 minutes after a…

different stages of sleep and sleep disorders. Almost 75% of American adults feel that they have some type of sleeping problem. The main or most common types of sleep disorders that affect people are Insomnia- the chronic difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep, or experiencing a restful sleep and Narcolepsy which is defined as extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable sleep attacks that last from less than a minute to an hour. Other common sleeping disorders are REM Sleep…

Sleep Deprivation as Enabled by High Schools Have you ever had that nightmare where you’re sitting in class and the teacher is passing out a test, and you look down at it, only to discover that you have no idea what anything on that test means? Thanks to an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teenagers, that nightmare is becoming more and more a reality. As the homework and academic demands grow higher, teenagers are spending less time sleeping than they should be, leading to a myriad of…

when we used to sleep together, she screamed very loudly and walking around the room along while sleep. Once she wakes up with very violent and frightened dream then she couldn’t able to sleep as normal like before, So during that period, her parents usually used to make her feel slept by telling the story of the angel. However, her parents were unsuccessful to find out the right treatment for her due to the lack of physoclists and hospital. On the other hand, her parents do the medicine by our…

frightening visions during sleep. The author McNamara, studied at the University of Massachusetts Boston and majored in Philosophy. After working at Boston’s drug and alcohol detox center, he became interested in disorders of the mind and brain. He then transferred to Boston University and changed his major to neuropsychology. He went on to get his Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience. Currently, he is the Associate Professor of Neurology Department at Boston University School of Medicine and…

According to an article presented by the National Sleep Foundation, “How much sleep do we really need?” adults between the ages 18 to 64 are recommended 7 to 9 hours of quality sleep. Unfortunately, 1/3 of Americans are sleeping less than 7 hours on a nightly basis. This continuation of sleep debt is taking its toll on our nation and has gradually become the the top ranked public health crisis, bypassing smoking and obesity. By understanding the role sleep plays in our ability to function at…

(Fake sleeping) Oh, sorry. I just fell asleep, while standing. Wow, that’s super strange. It must be because I didn’t get a good night’s sleep last night. Or maybe it’s because I got up early this morning. I get up early and look like a zombie, to go to school 5 days a week. Next year, I will be driving to school with my brothers and how will be able to do that if I am barely even awake in the car when I’m not behind the wheel? Well, maybe we should change that so myself and all the other…

Sleep and Health It was Benjamin Franklin, who said, “Early to bed, Early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin’s quote is famous as representing his virtues, and this quote is familiar as representing industry as its literal meaning. However, it is true that early to bed improves a man in many ways. We may have heard about the importance of sleep not only about this quote, but also since our childhood that we have to go to bed early. People spend about 26 years, 1/3…