A sleep disorder can be defined as a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern. This causes a disruption in the way an individual typically sleeps‚ which can lead to other complications such as irritability and dysfunction during the day. Four common sleep disorders are insomnia‚ sleep apnea‚ restless legs syndrome‚ and narcolepsy. Nearly 70 million Americans suffer from these and many other sleep disorders every year. Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which the affected individual has difficulty falling
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Cause and Effect Essay There are many people today who figure out there are not enough waking hours in a day to accomplish all that needs to be done. Daily tasks and obligations can take up a lot of time and in order for people to get these things done they cut corners on sleep. One might rationalize that a few hours here and there won’t make any difference‚ but lack of sleep can make a huge difference on a person’s mental and physical health. Lack of sleep can potentially be very harmful‚
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Rough Draft Andy Truong 11/11/14 Honors ENG 111 Students everywhere may feel pressured into doing well in their course classes in order to receive a higher grade. It may not seem that way in high school but to a college student‚ grades mean everything. Grades are used as motivation for the student to strive for success and in order to be a success‚ they have to work hard for it. But how much can that student take in order to reach the grade that they want? For a college student‚ grades are a vital
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Kaylie Davis Cause and Effect Journal Eating Disorders About 24 million of US suffer from an eating disorder. Eating disorders affect almost anyone‚ but they target women‚ more specifically teenage girls between the age of 11-23 (National 1). Eating disorders range from anorexia and bulimia to taking laxatives and restricting what you eat. There are multiple causes of eating disorders. Biological factors and social media can cause a person to have an eating disorder. Biological factors such as
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Eating disorders are very serious mental and physical health diseases. Although‚ contrary to popular belief‚ they are not started by depression or the single cause of weight loss and controlling the body shape. The causes run much deeper than just weight loss‚ and often include cultural and family pressures.(1) There is so much to consider when it comes to the causes of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa‚ which include negative family influences‚ genetic factors‚ cultural pressures and hormonal
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this could cost millions each year‚ but there are many variables one must factor in. According to the Death Penalty Information Center‚ there are six causes for the large amounts of money used on capital punishment. These causes are as follows: Legal costs‚ pre-trial costs‚ jury selection‚ trial‚ incarceration and appeals. All of these acts are what cause the millions of dollars to be taken from law abiding citizens. It is a slap in the face to tax payers. It is as if the government is saying‚ “Thank
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This health disorder presented as interrupted breathing while the sleeper is at rest. It usually happens when fat builds up or when muscle tone is lost with aging‚ which causes the windpipe to collapse during breathing when the muscles relax during sleep. This health disorder is also known as obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep apnea can also occur if the neurons that control breathing during sleep malfunction during this period (Institute’s Brain Resources
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The Effects of Sleep on Academic Performance Introduction: Sleep is a meaningful part of a human’s life‚ yet an adequate amount of Americans have experienced disruptions from sleep. The more sleep people continue to give up throughout the week‚ the harder time it gets to catch up with the right hours of sleep. The loss of sleep does not only cause health issues‚ but also the affects the potential perform any responsibilities. As students grow older‚ they tend to believe that the less they sleep
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Sleep Disorders Dr. M. Zain Yousuf MBBS‚ MCPS (Resident) SMO & In-charge In-patient Dept. A. Q. Khan Institute Sleep Disorders Classification (ICD-10):1. Nonorganic insomnia 2. Nonorganic hypersomnia 3. Nonorganic disorder of sleep-wake schedule 4. Sleepwalking [somnambulism] 5. Sleep terrors [night terrors] 6. Nightmares Nonorganic Insomnia Diagnostic guidelines:1. The complaint is either of difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep‚ or of poor quality of sleep; 2. The sleep disturbance
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Chinese Name: 劉子瑜 English Name: Cathy Liu Student number: 1021032 Class: Composition and Oral training II Assignment: Casual Analysis Essay (draft 2) Instructor: Chi-Hua Hsiao Date: Jan 13th‚ 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Effects of Skipping Classes Do you know any friends or classmates who skip classes because they are tired? Do you have friends who do not come to class because they did not finish
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