7/17/2014 Dr. Ganser Endocrine system effects on Sleep Deprivation Deprived sleep is a universal widespread problem observed in both children and adults. Sleep is a vital process that helps in the functioning of learning‚ memory processing‚ cellular repair‚ and brain development. Statistics show that the average total hours of sleep have decreased per person to less than 7 hours per night over the past 3 to 4 decades. Many people experience sleep loss due pressures at work‚ stress‚ and our day
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Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs When it comes to a situation in which I did not get enough sleep‚ with going to school and working full time and having children there are many situations where I did not get enough sleep. The situation I chose out of all of them was not that long ago. I wake up at 6:00 am‚ drive to Glendora‚ CA from Pomona‚ CA to wake up my children and have them get ready for school‚ then I go back to Pomona‚ CA to clean the house or I go back to the Glendora‚ CA to work
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I think we can all say that we’ve stayed up later than we’d planned to on our phones‚ TVs‚ iPads etc. before and didn’t have a good sleep because of it. It may not seem like such a big deal to get a little screen time in before bed‚ until you realize just how much exposure you get to it everyday. Technology affects your sleep in a lot of negative ways. It disrupts your sleeping patterns‚ keeps your brain alert‚ and wakes you up. Melatonin is a natural hormone made in your body’s pineal gland‚ and
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Abstract Drugs some use them to escape pain‚ others use them for pleasure‚ and some use them to just fit in. Either way drugs are a harmful substance that may seriously affect the body. Drugs mess with the brain in ways that we couldn’t even imagine. From destroying brain cells that help with critical thinking to destroying cells that give us the ability to feel pleasure. Drugs take the place of our natural body functions of the body. They fool receptors of the body and make it to where
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Maroubra and Kogarah are two suburbs of Sydney in Australia. Maroubra‚ which is far from city about 10 km‚ is a beach side sunburb in the East of the state of New South Wales. However‚ Kogarah is a suburb of southern in the state of Kogarah that is located 14 km from the South of central business district.Both of them have some similarities‚ but they are also different from each other.This report will compare and contrast the people‚housing and services. Firstly‚ population in Maroubra 26‚500 but
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occurrence for people to blame their miscalculated mistakes on the lack of sleep they obtained the night before. Typically when a person makes a small‚ often embarrassing‚ mistake the excuse that person will give is “I am running on no sleep”. Most people generally relate to this saying‚ and excuse small mistakes caused by lack of sleep because it is an occurrence that happens to almost every person. If the excuse “I am running on no sleep” is an accurate excuse‚ then therefore it must have some type of true
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Sleep and Children Have you ever noticed how happy you feel after waking up from a nap? Just catching up on sleep‚ and getting a full eight hours the night before is one of the best things for the body. Sleep is important to everyone but most importantly it is crucial for children when they are developing‚ to get enough sleep.The majority of the brain develops from birth to the age of 6.This means that the child’s brain needs adequate time and energy to have neurons connect and transfer information
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Sleep and How it Affects College Students William P. Wilkerson Vanguard University of Southern California Professor Szala 5-6-15 Statement of the Problem Sleep has been a topic of great scrutiny for many years. People believe many things about sleep‚ some of it is rooted in religion‚ superstition‚ or tradition. With the spread of technology‚ bright little screens have become a major part of everyone’s lives‚ making it harder to relax and wind down for sleep. Research Questions
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with others. These habits include drugs‚ lack of sleep‚ unhealthy eating routines‚ and numerous others. College can be a very stressful environment for students‚ causing them to obtain new habits that are very harmful. Students feel as though these habits will help with the stress in their lives‚ but unfortunately it only makes them sick and harms their emotions and relationships. One major habit that students experiment with is drugs. There are many drugs or harmful substances that only harm
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Does the # of sleep affect test grades? Hypothesis: The amount of sleep will affect test grades. Materials and Procedures The materials needed to conduct this experiment are: -A group of students -The same type of test -Time To start off this experiment‚ you must get a group of students and ask them individually the number of hours they slept. The number of hours they’ve slept will be the independent variable. Next‚ have the group of students take the
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