Archive for January, 2008

Children and TV

Take a look at a child and you will see a routine of activities that they normally do each day. These include eating meals, watching television and sleeping. Now for most, these are given facts. But the real thing here is that there are extenders of one aspect over the other.

For all of these, sleep may be the most overlooked aspect. Television normally eats up the time given to sleep and once it does happen, children will start to have abnormal sleeping patterns along the way.

The survey, which has been conducted annually for 14 years, asked for the first time whether children watched television while eating dinner or in bed before going to sleep. It found that 58% watch during their evening meal, while 63% lie in bed watching the screen (rising to almost three-quarters of 13 to 16-year-olds). Two-thirds - particularly the youngest children - watch before school, and 83% turn on the television after returning home.

(Source) The Guardian Unlimited

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Sleep Deprivation

We are all aware that sleep deprivation is a growing issue. Seeking medical help from people who have conquered such a sleep problem may be a good way to find resolutions to such a problem. While we all know the usual suspects leading to sleep deprivation, it would be best to post them once again so that people can remember the problems that are occurring when sleep deprivation sets in.

  1. Exercise regularly.
  2. Avoid caffeine after mid-day.
  3. Go to bed when you’re tired. Don’t spend time in bed worrying about falling asleep. That’s just going to stress you out more. Get up and do something relaxing in another room, and return to bed when you’re ready.
  4. Learn relaxation techniques. Focus on your breathing or imagine being in your favorite place.
  5. Maintain a routine. Changing your sleep schedule dramatically on Friday and Saturday nights can lead to tiredness the next Monday morning.
  6. Consider melatonin as the hormone is a natural sleep aid.

(Source) Tampabays10.com

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Health and Sleep

We are all familiar of the fact that the best way to stay away from illnesses and sickness is to make sure we do not abuse our body. This means we have to follow the usual sleeping hours of 6 to 8 hours a day so that our immune system does not give in.

However, there are people who just put in mind that they can more than make up for lost sleep by sleeping on the dead hours where they are idle. Indeed this may sound like a good recourse, but remember that you are now entering another problem and that could fall in the category of Insomnia or Narcolepsy. It only gets worse if you want to live a complicated life so make it simple by sleeping. Besides its free so do not negotiate and tell yourself when to sleep and keep yourself from harm’s way.

“The study of sleep disorders is an emerging science,” said Dr. Omar Hasan, who is board certified in internal medicine, psychiatry and sleep medicine. “We’re learning more all the time, and there is increasing evidence that poor quality sleep is a health concern that needs to be evaluated by a health care professional.”

Among the most common disorders, sleep apnea occurs when something interrupts normal breathing patterns. The patient literally stops breathing several times during the night. It could be as few as 30 times or as many as 180 times or more.

“It’s usually the bed partner who can give us a better idea of what’s going on,” Hasan said. “They hear their partner gasping for breath, snoring or waking up during the night.”

(Source) Allie News

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For people who are forever complaining about lack of sleep, perhaps it is in the bed or mattress you have. Sit n Sleep is a new technology driven outbreak that is aimed at providing good alternative sleeping for people yearning for the best sleeping ordeal that they can have.

Check it out and maybe this is what you have been longing for.

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Sleep Apnea Disorder

We hear about sleep apnea everywhere. While we are being educated with the effects that this sleep disorder provides, it would be best to check ourselves in advance if we may have symptoms of this sleep depriving disease.

Many will say that nothing beats knowing your own health better, but just the same, we can never tell when this sleep disorder may strike. Sleep apnea is no joke and going ahead and trying to determine on whether it indeed exists in our bodies is the best thing we can do to avoid complications in the end.

Risk factors include:

_Loud snoring and choking or gasping during sleep, signaling narrowed airways that can be temporarily blocked as throat muscles relax too much.

_Being overweight.

_A family history of apnea.

_Having small airways. Apnea can occur at any age, and in children, enlarged tonsils or adenoids may cause narrowed airways. In adults, weight, neck shape or other medical conditions can play a role.

_High blood pressure.

(Source) The Associated Press

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