Article: Snooze or lose; 10 "no-war" ways to improve your teen's sleep habits.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Wake up and learn to make sleep a priority.(Sleep Medicine)
FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......concept in order to establish good sleep habits in this age group. If you can arrange...summer well slept, practicing good sleep habits can keep the family from building...life. Here's a quick list of good sleep habits that you can cut out and post on...

Article: sleep
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      511 words ...sleep / slēp / • n. a condition of body and mind such as that which typically recurs for several...eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended: I was on the verge of sleep | [in sing. ] a good night's sleep. ∎  chiefly poetic/lit. a state ...

Article: Holistic treatment approaches to ADHD: nutrition, sleep,and exercise: in this 10-part series, EP explores attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).(Part 7)
The Exceptional Parent;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......and fish oil supplements. Sleep Habits Sleep habits are also part of a healthy...general just do not get enough sleep. Then consider someone with...body as just not ready for sleep. They have tremendous difficulty...the mind, and the chronic sleep deprivation results in ...

Article: The cultural biology of sleep. (Medical Anthropology).
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sleep disorders plague millions...anthropologists have looked at sleep from an evolutionary perspective...whether our modern approach to sleep is aligned with our biology...no. Pre-industrial people sleep in ways that are totally different from our modern sleep habits and this ...

Article: A Peek Under America's Bedcovers; Americans Are Snuggling and Struggling to Get to Sleep.
Business Wire;  May 3, 2004 ;     686 words ......disagreements, according to the 2004 Sleep Habits Survey(1) conducted by Select Comfort...bedroom environment and improving our sleep habits. Environmental comfort factors...www.selectcomfort.com. (1) The Sleep Habits Survey was conducted on behalf...

Article: Children's sleep: sketching historical change.
Journal of Social History;  December 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......findings that shed light on points of change in aspects of sleep and that therefore provide historical perspective on...possibility toward furthering the historical investigation of sleep and also associating changes in sleep with a major shift in American social experience. The focus is on new worries ...

Article: Sleep needs may be controlled biologically.(find researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health)
Nutrition Health Review;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......comes to how much sleep a person requires...Maryland, found that sleep needs vary according...the variability in sleep duration in the...difficult to change sleep habits willfully. Researchers...hypothesized that sleep duration (how long...and sleepiness and sleep propensity ...

Article: Sleep smarts.(checkup)(Brief article)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  September 1, 2007 ;     178 words ......false. Part 1 1. Teens don't need more than seven hours of sleep each night. T F 2. Drinking too many caffeinated beverages can affect your ability to sleep. T F 3. A shift in the circadian rhythm, due to puberty...until noon on weekends and vacation days won't affect your sleep habits. T F 5. To ...

Article: Sleep & dreams.
Science Weekly;  October 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Everyone needs sleep! All animals must sleep or rest every day. Sleep keeps your body healthy and helps you grow. You should sleep 10 to 12 hours every night. When you sleep, your muscles relax and your heart and lungs slow down. There are 2 types...

Article: Seizures and teens: stress, sleep, & seizures.(Epilepsy Care)
The Exceptional Parent;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Most parents are used to erratic sleep patterns and mood swings in their teenagers...seizures, however, the parent may wonder if sleep and mood problems are related to seizures. Sorting out the cause and effects of sleep in an adolescent with seizures can be confusing...

Article: Sleep: more than meets the (shut-)eye. (includes related information on the stages of sleep, sleep labs, etc.)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  January 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Sleep More Than Meets the (Shut-)Eye According to many sleep researchers, the average American is sleep-deprived, and young people are the segment of the population who are the most sleepy. Dr. Mary Carskadon...

Article: Sleep at camp: a survey.
Camping Magazine;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......years old (prepuberty) need between 9 and 10 hours of sleep. They usually fall asleep quickly, awake infrequently, and sleep almost the entire 9 to 10 bedtime hours. During sleep, the growth hormone is released and restorative actions...normal functioning the next day. After a good night's sleep, ...

Article: Sleep Deprivation Survey: In a Bad Economy, Sleep is an Undiagnosed Health Hazard for US Workers.
Business Wire;  May 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ......characterized by the repeated cessation of breathing during sleep. Other findings from the survey included a very high awareness of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as a curable illness (60%). Interestingly...problem facing the medical profession which is that sleep apnea and other sleep disorders ...

Article: Sleep
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ...Sleep Definition Sleep is a biological imperative critical to the maintenance of mental and physical...activity during which the organism slows down and repairs itself. The sleep cycle involves two distinct phases that alternate cyclically from light...