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    Lack of Sleep

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    of lack of sleep is bad judgment and Forgetfulness. 1) Subpoint 1 : Bad judgment is caused by lack of sleep. i. Sub-sub point * Science daily (Mar ‚ 2 ‚2007)-research has shown that bad sleep can adversely affect a person’s physical health and emotional well-being. However‚ the amount of sleep one gets can also influence his or her decision-making. A study published in the March 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that

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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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    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 Body Clock

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    At the beginning of this century medical scientists made a surprising discovery: that we are built not just of flesh and blood but also of time. They were able to demonstrate that we all have an internal "body clock" which regulates the rise and fall of our body energies‚ making us different from one day to the next. The idea of an internal "body clock" should not be surprising‚ since the lives of most living things are dominated by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle. The most obvious feature of this

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    Sleep Apnea

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    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that if left untreated can result in death. According to a recent journal article‚ “up to 93% of women and 82% of men may have undiagnosed moderate to severe OSA” (Park MD‚ Ramar MD‚ Olson MD‚ 2011‚ p. 549). OSA is characterized by pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep. These are called apneas and hypopneas. A recent journal article published by the Mayo Clinic defined OSA as “a disorder in which a person frequently stops breathing

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    Sleep Paralysis

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    process‚ one may face a terrifying experience referred to as sleep paralysis. Eight percent of the population experiences sleep paralysis‚ where during your state of sleep your brain awakes but the rest of your body is still in the state of sleep. You can’t move nor speak‚ but your can vividly see everything that your mind creates for one to endure during this terrifying experience. I am apart of this eight percent that have been a victim to sleep paralysis‚ and only a intense description of my experience

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    Sleep Apnea

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    Sleep Apnea This article was on the warning signs of sleep apnea‚ how to distinguish it from normal snoring‚ and what you can do about it. There are many different types of sleep apnea from obstructive sleep apnea‚ central sleep apnea‚ and complex sleep apnea.Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common‚ central sleep apnea is the less common‚ and complex is a mixture of both obstructive and central. Sleep apnea is when breathing is disturbed during sleep. Breathing stops from 10-20 seconds and

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    What is sleep? Sleep can be described in many different ways‚ but that does not mean that all of the definitions are correct. Sleep is a periodic‚ natural loss of consciousness where eyes are closed‚ nervous system relatively inactive‚ and muscles are relaxed. One sleep cycle is approximately 90 minutes.There are 4 different stages of sleep. The first 3 stages of sleep are called Non-REM stages. Non-REM stages are the stages where there is no rapid eye movement. Then the last stage is REM sleep where

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    wrote the sonnet To Sleep when he was only twenty years old. In an iambic pentameter‚ the narrator talks directly to Sleep‚ asking "him" to provide escape from reality. With rimes in A-B-A-B structure‚ the author here makes a very melodic and harmonious poem. The author uses several figures of speech to address sleep in a very specific way. More over‚ it is possible that there was a relation between the context and Keat’s personal life. The author first starts by praising sleep‚ introducing it as

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    lover‚ Margaret Atwood uses her poem “Variation on the word Sleep” to depict the feelings of love‚ lust and desire. Atwood uses the persona of someone who feels the need to protect as the narrator of her piece. He tone is intimate and personal and her use of imagery captures the audience as Atwood metaphorically describes the speaker’s yearning. Through the use of imagery and an intimate tone‚ Atwood shows multiple variations of the word sleep by incorporating three main themes in the poem: love‚ lust

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