Gadgets and technology have had their share of the limelight but apparently the kids are losing the proper self-discipline in carrying out their lives due to their fascination for these things today. A lot of it is because their attention is to maximize the use of gadgets such as mobile phones or even the usual gaming consoles and that has become a cause to forget about the value of proper rest and sleep.

We see most kids and teenagers staying up late because of these. For mobile phones, they either spend most of their time calling or sending text messages. There are no time intervals but surely we all know that this goes on as far as the wee hours of the morning.

Hence the product is giving up sleep and adding strain to their lives for normal living.

TEENAGERS who use their mobile phones excessively are more prone to disrupted sleep, stress, fatigue and restlessness, according to international research.

Sleep-deprived teens have poorer school marks, are less motivated and have poor emotional health, including a higher risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a further study found.

(Source) News.com.au

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Apparently, many of us have our share of sleep problems and others can see it with the sleeping patterns that we follow. Most of these sleeping patterns may be abnormal in nature and the important thing is to analyze and find a way to explain why such sleep patterns turn out to be this way.

Mouth swabs have reportedly been identified as a new way to be able to determine sleep patterns. The genes are key points in the human body that can help analyze the sleep patterns we follow and through these new means, the circadian rhythm of how we sleep can be analyzed and evaluated properly.

Researchers at the Swansea University have developed the new technique of studying sleep pattern through mouth swab. This system can assist findings of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and chemotherapy effectiveness at certain times too.

This analysis identifies the genesdefine that regulate the sleep cycle. The usual sleep and wake pattern is known as circadian rhythm.

A number of genes manage the circadian rhythm and produce ribonucleic acid (RNA). The level of this acid present is indicative of how active an individual is at a given time.

(Source) The Med Guru

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