Sleep medicine

enough sleep, all of those developmental changes are affected negatively. So sleep is extremely important for every teen. Yet, because high school starts around 7:15 in the morning, majority of the students are not getting the amount of sleep they need to function properly. Starting school later in the morning would give teens the sleep they have been lacking and ultimately increase academic performance, health, and safety. During the school year, many students…

Ask your neighbor what they enjoy doing, and maybe a decent amount may have mentioned, "sleep." Sleep is a vital part of and universal need. It is considered a motor to our skills and abilities to gather and process information. Mellissa, Writer of The Guardian of Scotland writes, "An average night 's sleep is eight hours, 1/3 of a day. If you live, seventy-five years, that 's twenty-five years asleep, or 9,125 days." For one-third of our lives we are asleep, but being asleep has its purposes.…

should do their work throughout the days and not stay up late at night, High school students will be more productive and rested if school starts later because more time is needed to complete homework assignments and Students are not getting enough sleep. Looked into breaking down information from more than 9,000 understudies at eight secondary schools in Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming and found that moving the school day later in the morning brought about a help in participation, test scores…

Facial expression Langford et al. (2010) created the “mouse grimace scale” which is the first scoring system for facial categorization in rodents and also the firs study of facial expressions of pain in nonhuman specie. This scale was done with an acetic acid constriction test and measures five facial features, adapted from human facial pain expression studies, and scores them with a value where “0” there is no pain present, “1” it is moderately visible and “2” is severe. Finally, each mouse…

would lie in bed and stare into the screen of my phone before I went to sleep for school. Later on in life, I repeatedly heard…

College Students and Lack of Sleep Sleep is an extremely important aspect of anyone’s life. Obtaining the correct amount of sleep is crucial for a healthy lifestyle. Without proper sleep, a person can become irritated and drowsy, and may also be at a larger risk for heart attacks and strokes. Lack of sleep can be caused by a variety of factors but the most prevalent factor being stress. College students are at one of the most stressful times in a person’s life and it is also one of the most…

Bang! Gunshots and explosions are the sounds that follow me. I can hear bullets quizzing passed my ears and I hear the screams of my fellow soldiers as they get hit in different locations around me. I try to aim my gun towards a Vietnamese, closing my eyes before I shoot. I don't look back to that area. I don't want to see whether or not I hit him. My heart pounds in my ears, but it's not loud enough to drown out the moans of pain that sicken me to the core. All I can think of is that…

desynchronosis. Our bodies have an internal clock which indicates when we must go to sleep and wake up. This “internal clock” is better known as the, circadian rhythms of the body. Circadian rhythms have an effect on the body temperature, sleep and wakefulness, and various hormonal changes. In order for an individual to perform at its highest potential, and be alert, one must keep their circadian rhythms fine-tuned by getting enough sleep. The pineal gland plays a huge role in helping the body…

“Sleep is a passive state of unconsciousness, a suspension of our normal bodily activities. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but is more easily reversed than the state of hibernation or of being comatose.” People usually go through five (5) stages while sleeping. The first stage is the period of transition between wakefulness and sleepiness, and can be awakened easily. During this stage, the muscles are slowly active and the eyes move slowly. As…

actually asked, so that’s just an assumption. However, I never really understood how important getting a proper sleep was until I wrecked my sleep schedule to practically no return. By wrecked, I mean I’m still wrecking it, unfortunately, but hopefully reflecting upon my mistakes and gaining new information on the importance of sleep will guide me in a more positive direction concerning my sleep habits. My poor sleeping habits began most likely in December…