Dictionary definition: sleep

Article: Sleep
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ... ... move through REM and non-REM sleep stages in a 90 minute cycle, and ... months of age, babies usually will sleep through the night for 12 or more hours and will continue ... a 2004 survey for the National Sleep Foundation discovered that children ...

Article: To sleep or not to sleep: the ecology of ...
BMC Ecology;  May 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... variation in the duration of sleep. In mammals, for example ... Chaetophractus villous ) can sleep up to 20 hours per day ... Giraffa camelopardalis ) sleeps for only two hours per ... variation in the timing of sleep throughout the day. One ... sleep during the day, night, or some mixture ...

Sleep apnea.(Adult Health Advisor 2007)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Clinical Reference Systems;  May 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... nearly everyone who has sleep apnea snores. If you ... not usually get a good night's rest, you should ... provider if you might have sleep apnea. How is it diagnosed ... your nose and throat at night. How much pressure you need is determined by the sleep study. Your healthcare ...

Article: Sleep problems of parents of typically developing children ...
Journal of Genetic Psychology;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION (2004), children in the United States and their parents are not getting enough sleep (see also National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, 2003). Researchers have indicated ...

Article: The sleep connection: poor sleep can hurt more than ...
Vibrant Life;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Mostly we rob ourselves of sleep. Our rushed lives take huge ... study done by the American Sleep Foundation, nearly two thirds ... have trouble sleeping a few nights per week. Close to half (43 percent) say their sleep problems interfere with daily ...

Article: Sleep Well, Your Life May Depend on it - Central ...
Business Wire;  December 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... needs of these and other patients. Central Sleep Diagnostics has the capacity to perform 40 sleep studies per night and has plans to expand to other states as well due to the increasing demand for sleep testing. Current technology allows for ...

Article: Sleep Parameters Recorded by Actiwatch® in Elementary ...
Sleep and Hypnosis;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... circadian phase position for the sleep-wake cycle (5). When children ... adolescence, major changes in sleep patterns occur, and the biggest ... characterized mainly by a delay of sleep period start; adolescents tends to stay up later in the night and to wake up later in the ...