Humans often experience travel fatigue during long journeys. Even without crossing different time zones that brings about jet lag, fatigue can occur due to boredom or stiffness from unfamiliar seating/poor posture. Teams…
Category: Circadian Rhythm Disorders
Why Do Teens Have Trouble Sleeping?
Research shows that teens need 8 1/2 to more than 9 hours of sleep each night. You don’t need to be a math whiz to figure out that if you wake up…
What is Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome?
Hundreds of millions of people all around the world are affected by Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS), every single day of their lives, irrespective of which age, demography or gender they belong…
Non-24 Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
Non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome (Non-24) is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder. It is one of rarest sleep disorders that doctors have come across. The average person’s circadian rhythm is said to correlate…
Factors Affecting Sleep
Nutrition: too little/too much food near bedtime Caffeine: long half life; can affect or delay sleep Alcohol: shortens sleep onset & rebound arousal Smoking: agitation; half life 1-2 hrs, smoking close to…
Light Therapy Lamp | Lightphoria 10,000 lux SAD Light Therapy Pad REVIEW
This article will review the Lightphoria 10,000 lux SAD Light Therapy Pad, but first, in case the reader is not familiar with “Light Therapy” and “SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)”, we give a…
Two Ways to Have a Healthy Sleep Cycle
The patterns of waking up and sleeping are managed by our internal body clocks. These patterns are called our circadian rhythms. There are disorders that affect these patterns, and these disorders are…
Melatonin For Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder
Delayed sleep phase disorder (DSP) or syndrome (DSPS), also called phase lag syndrome, is a circadian rhythm disorder1. DSP consists of a typical sleep pattern that is delayed by two or more…
What Decides the Quality and Duration of our Sleep
There are actually just 4 major factors which decide: How well we sleep How long we sleep These factors are: The length of being awake The temperature of our body What times…
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders | A Brief Review Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Shift Work Sleep Disorder: Insomnia or excessive sleepiness that occur in relation to work schedules. Adaptation rarely occurs, mainly because of resumption of full daytime activities during days off and vacations. Daytime…
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders | A Brief Review Time Zone Change
Time Zone Change (Jet-Lag): Occurs after rapid travel across multiple time zones. Often good sleep alternates with poor sleep on subsequent nights. East-bound travel: Phase adjustment = 60 minutes/day West-bound travel: Phase…
How to Treat and Avoid Jet Lag
Jet lag is a common Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder (CRSD). Like other CRSDs, jet lag affects the timing of sleep. It occurs when a person’s body clock is not correctly synchronized with…
Circadian Biology in Humans | Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Disorders
Polymorphisms in clock genes can be related to circadian parameters. The advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS) can be inherited as a single-gene point mutation. This has been verified in a large family…
Circadian Biology in Humans | Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms
Initial information on the generation of circadian rhythms at the molecular level was obtained from multiple studies in Drosophila species, in which expression of the genes Period (Per) and Timeless (Tim) serve…
Circadian Biology in Humans | Physiology of Circadian Rhythms
One of the most important adaptive features of organisms on earth is their ability to change their behavior and rest periods on a cyclic basis over a 24-hour period. The master circadian…
Sleep Phase Syndrome and Circadian Rhythm
Sleep is essential for all humans. When one sleeps, various processes are done by the human body. Imagine a body which is disrupted from doing its needed functions. When a person doesn’t…
Light Therapy Treatment for Sleep Disorders
There are many types of sleep disorders. Sleep disorders can be caused by many factors. Insomnia is a common side-effect of many sleep disorders. If disorders are related to psychological or other…
Sleep Disorders Damage the Brain
A vicious cycle can result from brain injuries and sleep disorders. Brain injuries can lead to sleep disorders and sleep deprivation leads to the problems associated with brain damage. Some symptoms of…
Effects of Shift Work on Health
In the society we live in, it is required that someone is always working round-the-clock. Thus, it is required that more and more people work in shifts. Shifts vary in time, and some…
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
Sleep problems are caused by many factors. One thing that may be observed is that as technology moves forward, health problems also increase. Technology can lead to things which will cause a…