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Sleeping disorders can affect a person of any age. Millions of people have trouble sleeping. A sleeping disorder is when a person’s sleep is disrupted for any reason. A disorder of this kind can have a lot of adverse effects on a person’s health and mental well being.
One common sleeping disorder is insomnia. When a person has insomnia he or she is either unable to go to sleep at night or wakes up often during the night unable to fall back to sleep. A person with insomnia also sleeps lightly. …
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As chronic diseases have assumed an increasingly common role in premature death and illness, interest in the role of sleep in the development and management of chronic diseases has grown. Notably, insufficient sleep has been linked to the development and management of a number of chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression.
Diabetes
Research has found that insufficient sleep is linked to an increased risk for the development of Type 2 diabetes. Specifically, sleep duration and quality have emerged as predictors of levels of Hemoglobin A1c, an important …
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During our waking moments our nerve cells are constantly active and become fatigued. Sleep gives the body cells an opportunity of ridding themselves of waste and of repairing themselves. To insure a recovery period from such fatigue, we undergo the periodic loss of consciousness known as sleep. Sleep is such an important bodily function, and even though we might put off going to sleep, eventually sleep will take over. Sleep is a type of unconsciousness and is a state of being unaware of the world. Sleep is essential to good …
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We sleep for a reason, not because we can but because we must. Our bodies were designed to work hard all day and then recoup and recharge overnight while we sleep. In this new age, everybody is always on the go, trying to catch up with a fast-paced society that is solely interested in profit-making. All of us want to have major success and to be at the top of our game but, I’m sure, not at the cost of our health.