Why is sleep so important in everyone’s daily lives? Sleep matters because not only does it give you energy‚ it makes sure you function properly‚ and not get sick. If you do not get enough sleep you could gain weight. Yet there is also disorders that can make you not fall asleep. This is also a main concern in health. In the article “Why sleep matters” Barbara Kantrowitz and Karen Springen discuss why sleep is the most important for a child’s health. Barbara Kantrowitz is a writer of health and women’s
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suggested amount of sleep. She states that 71% American adults and 85% of American teens are sleep deprived. Depriving the body of an efficient amount of sleep can be detrimental to the body and the mind. She explains that while sleep deprivation is a condition that people adapt to over time‚ sleep deprivation can lead to very serious health problems. People lack knowledge about he repercussions of being sleep deprived so they do not realize the dangers in starving the body of sleep. Sleep is the body’s
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went came‚ took‚ went came‚ had taken‚ had gone came‚ took‚ had gone 6. By 8 o’clock Mother (to come) home and at 8 she (to have) supper. had come‚ had had come‚ had had came‚ had had came‚ had 7. When Peter (to ring) up his friend‚ she (to sleep). was ringing‚ slept rang‚ had
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that is defined by the absence of breathing for at least ten seconds due to obstruction of the airway. This obstruction can be caused by the tongue‚ soft palate or uvula relaxing and blocking the airway. A person with OSA will have noticeable breathing efforts‚ such as chest rise‚ but will not be able to take are into the lungs. This causes the person to startle awake. Often times the person with the sleep disorder is not even aware that they have a problem
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Stage 1 “light sleep”. In this stage of light sleep‚ which lasts about 5 to 10 minutes our brains activity powers down by 50 percent or more‚ producing theta waves. Theta waves occur four to seven times per second. Moreover‚ these waves are slower than the beta waves of 13 or more times per second produced during active alert states and the alpha waves of 8 to 12 times per second when we’re quiet and relaxed. As we start to drift off to deeper sleep‚ we become more relaxed‚ and we may experience
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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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Does sleep apnea have a negative affect or positive effect on people’s oral health? Sleep is considered as important as eating and drinking‚ but many condition many conditions such as sleep apnea can disrupt sleep and affect daily routines.” Sleep apnea is a potentially serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts” (Mayo Clinic staff). Sleep Apnea just doesn’t affect the sleeper’s sleep‚ but also his/her’s partner’s sleep if the condition is left untreated. also there are studies
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relationship between REM sleep and memory. I will describe previous research and then investigate how REM and memory are associated in young people and in older people. In some ways‚ the sleep patterns of these two groups are very similar‚ but in some ways they are not. 1a) In a normal brain‚ the period of deep sleep is the first half of sleep and the period of REM sleep is the second half of sleep. The person would return back to the stages 3 and 2 and afterwards to the REM sleep for staying twenty
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undiagnosed sleep apnea frequently wake up during the night‚ leading to daytime sleepiness‚ however‚ research shows a connection between sleep apnea and serious medical conditions‚ such as cardiovascular disease as well. Up to 80 percent of the people with sleep apnea are undiagnosed‚ but Dr. Avi Weisfogel of Dental Sleep Masters want to change this statistic. Ever since he graduated from New York University College of Dentistry and started practicing dentistry‚ Weisfogel was interested in sleep medicine
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Importance of Sleep Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the importance of sleep‚ how to get a good night’s sleep and if you don’t how to fake it. Central Purpose: I will discuss the following areas of the importance of sleep: learning and memory‚ making decisions and the long term consequences of the lack of sleep. I will discuss ways to get a good night’s sleep and steps to take if you didn’t get enough sleep. INTRODUCTION I. How many of you here got at least 8 hours of sleep last night
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