Co-sleeping is a hotly debated topic between mothers and scholars alike. Should children and infants sleep with their parents or should they sleep in their own space? Many people believe that co-sleeping is vastly superior and has numerous benefits, short-term and long-term, while others believe that co-sleeping is dangerous. A large divide between those who are for co-sleeping and those who are against it comes from cultural differences in the Western world and everywhere else. I will be arguing that co-sleeping is natural and that parents should be encouraged to co-sleep with their children by pediatricians and parent educators.
We can see that these positions are three: side, back and stomach. (Better Sleep Council, 2010) Sleep specialists recommend sleeping on your side, as it wouldn't reduce sleeping efficiency. There are many variations of sleeping on your side, all of which are of benefit in helping to mitigate insomnia as well as chronic sleep deprivation. In addition, many pile would advantage from this stye such as pregnant woman or those suffering from back or hip pain.
Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure Notwithstanding the various landmarks we have achieved in health care advancement, heart failure (HF) continues to be on the rise. Nationally, nearly 5 million people suffer from this deadly disease (Dulak, 2005). An effort to help reverse this trend has led many to explore the relationship between HF and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Large prospective studies have found obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to be a contributing or an exacerbating factor for cardiovascular disease such as HF.
Adequate sleep and rest promotes excellent physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Unfortunately, working on night shifts had a negative impact on my sleep and affected my personal and social life. My goal is to promote good quality of sleep and improve my sleep habits. My plan is to establish a regular bedtime; on my days off I will take a warm shower or hot bath and go to bed around midnight instead of resting on a coach and watching television until I fall asleep in the middle of the night. Before going to bed, I will limit caffeine intake, and decrease stimulation such as noise, light, and temperature.
Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last for several seconds to several minutes, and may occur at least 5 times in an hour. There are two types of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea is more common of the two forms of apnea, and it is caused by a blockage of the airway, usually when the soft tissue in the back of the throat collapses during sleep. Sleep apnea has substantial impact on general health. Not only does the poor and fragmented sleep caused by obstructive sleep apnea result in daytime sleepiness and consequent increased risk of motor vehicle and occupational accidents, but neurocognitive function, mood, and quality of life can be impaired as well.
There’s plenty the medical field still doesn’t understand about sleep. In fact, no one is quite sure why human beings need to sleep. But sleep is absolutely vital. Sleep plays a major role in human health. A poor night’s sleep has significant negative effects.
The Complexity of Sleep In Matt McCarthy’s Nap Time, he discusses the “most mysterious” of all needs - sleep. McCarthy uses the story of Mike Napoli to introduce this topic. Napoli’s story of his struggle with severe sleep apnea includes some abnormal elements. Firstly, he cites his “first dream in a decade” that he can actually remember (p. 49).
Introduction: A.Attention Getter/ Relevance- Walking down the hallway at school, one of the most common things you will hear is, “I’m so tired, I had a horrible night’s rest,” or at least something along those lines, and I know that I have spent my fair share of money buying coffee in hopes of staying awake the whole day. If you’ve ever slept walk, talked in your sleep, or felt like you never went to sleep when morning rolls around, there’s a reason why. B. Credbility- When I was a little younger I used to talk in my sleep all the time, and I still occasionally sleep walk, so I was
Learning about this sleep disorder, gives society a better understanding of the disorder, and of those who are afflicted with narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and brief lapses into sleep throughout the day (Discovering Psychology Chapter 4 pg.156[4]). The first recorded cases of narcolepsy were noted in medical journals in the 1880’s. The late Jean Baptiste Édouard Gélineau was the first to discover and give the disorder its name(Goodrick, S. (2014).
Initial 8: 5 Surprising Facts About Sleep Apnea No one likes snoring, not even the person doing the snoring. But what are you going to do? Everyone makes noise when they sleep, right? Isn’t snoring just something that some people do?
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEPING WELL Hello everybody, I’m going to speak about the most time-consuming activity in our lives: sleeping. As a matter of fact, we usually don’t pay much attention to the quality of our sleep, in spite of influencing a big deal our performance during the day, our health and well-being, in other words, our quality of life. That’s the reason why I would like to introduce some interesting material to understand better this important though disregarded necessity.
With the help of regular exercise routine you can improve the amount your body spends in the restorative sleep stage. But you can take the benefits to a next level by increasing the vigour in which you exercise. The more vigorously you exercise, the better your sleep will become. When I talk about intensive and vigorous exercise, I’m referring to two key pointers. First, your exercise should be vigorous in terms of getting your heart rate beating faster.
Decompression While Asleep The way or posture of your body, especially the neck, while sleeping, is very important; rather critical in your endeavor to decompress your spine. So, select the correct pillow and mattress for your sleep time.