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    Importance of sleep

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    Importance of Sleep The Importance of Sleep Sleep is imperative. Without it you wouldn’t be able to function. Research shows that people who get a full nights rest are able to learn more efficiently. It also shows that if you get enough sleep that you are better at managing stress and making decisions. Basically‚ you are more likely to be able to accomplish the things that you want if you get a good night’s rest. A lot of people think that all sleep is the same but

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    WebMD Sleep

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    Health Topic: Sleep Video #1: “Kids and Sleep Apnea” URL- http://www.webmd.com/video/kids-and-sleep-apnea Alyssa Mitzkat‚ a six years old girl‚ suffered Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). This is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal episodes of blocked breathing during sleep. Each pause in breathing‚ called an apnea‚ can last from a few seconds to minutes‚ and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. As the video shows‚ Cindy‚ Alyssa’s mother‚ noticed that her daughter was having a

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    Sleep and Insomnia

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    on a brick without the permission to sleep. His brain was constantly attacked by the desire to sleep. On the sixth day‚ the man was finally allowed to sleep. He slept for 25 hours straight. Sleep deprivation remains one of the most severe form of mental torture ("Shattered! - The Need to Sleep Part 1"‚ 2012). Nowadays‚ insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. More than 30% of the population is affected by this problem without even knowing it (“Can ’t Sleep”‚ 2011). This problem is characterized

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    Sleep and Time

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    Reasons why I should not fall asleep on duty. If I was to get called to a traffic accident or a domestic dispute I would not be able to respond because I would be asleep. Therefore I would not be able to complete my duties as a military police officer. Being a military police officer I should up hold the standards and the law appointed to me by the United States army. If I was asleep during an active shooter event that may take place at a bank or maybe the commissary‚ possibly even the PX in Hainerburg

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    Big Sleep

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    How does your chosen film adhere to or diverge from the generic convention at play within the genre of the chosen film? ‘The Big Sleep’ (1946) starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall is one of Raymond Chandler’s best hard-boiled detective mysteries transformed in to a Film Noir‚ private detective film classic. The Big Sleep is the best example of a classic Warner Brothers mystery. It is very complex‚ confusing L.A. private eye Phillip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail

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    Lack of sleep

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    and driving drowsy because of a lack of sleep that gets worse as they get older‚ according to a new poll released by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). adolescents (ages 11 to 17)‚ the NSF’s 2006 Sleep in America poll finds that only 20 percent of adolescents get the recommended nine hours of sleep on school nights‚ and nearly one-half (45 percent) sleep less than eight hours on school nights. While most students know they’re not getting the sleep they need‚ 90 percent of parents polled believe

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    Sleep Apnea

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    Sleep Apnea By: Matthew George Com/156 What if you were cutting years from your life away and what’s worse is happening while you sleep? Do you find yourself feeling fatigued over the daytime and people closest to you complain about your loud snoring at night? You could be like most Americans and have an undiagnosed sleeping disorder known as Sleep Apnea. “Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. You may have sleep apnea if you

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    sleep paralysis

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    This condition is called sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis may leave you feeling frightened‚ especially if you also see or hear things that aren’t really there. Sleep paralysis may happen only once‚ or you may have it frequently -- even several times a night. The good news: sleep paralysis is not considered a dangerous health problem. Read on to find out more about sleep paralysis‚ its possible causes‚ and its treatment.Sleep researchers conclude that‚ in most cases‚ sleep paralysis is simply a sign

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    Sleep Disorder

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    THE CAUSES OF SLEEP DISORDER Nowadays‚ having sleep disorders has become a norm for many people. As they cope with the fast-paced world‚ they tend to neglect the importance of having the right amount of sleep every day. There are sleep disorders among teenagers that affects between seven to ten percent of teenagers called Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder‚ also known as DNS. Most teenagers outgrow this disorder by the time they reach young adulthood. Less then one percent of adults are believed to have

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    Sleep Problems

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    There are a wide variety of sleep problems in the world today. For example sleep apnea‚ snoring‚ sleepwalking‚ confusional arousals‚ sleep-related eating‚ sleep paralysis‚ nocturnal seizures‚ teeth grinding‚ Rapid Eye Movement (REM)‚ and sleep talking. Many of these disorders can be damaging to your health‚ or might not effect you at all. Also‚ if one does have difficulties sleeping there are things that are recommended in order to get a good night sleep. There are many different kinds of parasomnias

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