The sleep wake cycle in human is regulated and controlled by the circadian rhythm and the disorders affecting the normal functioning of this rhythm is known as circadian rhythm disorder. It can…
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Time Your Sleep To Overcome Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
Delayed sleep phase syndrome is one of the chronic sleep disorders that disturbs the sleep cycle of humans to a large extent. The person suffering has tough time to sleep in the…
Melatonin As Dietary Supplement To Harmonize Natural Sleep Cycle
Melatonin is naturally produced inside our body by pineal gland. Pineal gland is a small pee-seized gland located in the middle of the brain. At the day-time pineal gland is usually inactive….
A Vicious Circle Of Sleep Phases Often Leads To A Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
Delayed sleep phase syndrome also known as DSPS is a type of syndrome that affects the usual sleep cycle of your body. It is often described as the tendency to wake up…
Revitalize Your Sleep To Overcome Your Sleep Disorder
Night shift jobs are now a regular trend for most of the employees. This imbalance of sleep timing has really created a chaos in the internal body’s clock. It is very important…
An Insight On How Age And Hormone Can Affect Your Sleep
Advanced sleep phase syndrome is growing rapidly among people because of a shift in regular sleep cycle of the body. It is also known to be a genetic problem. It is basically…
Adjust Your Sleep-Wake Cycle To Overcome Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
Our body has a biological cycle that is influenced by the cycle of day and night. When light enters to retain it stimulate the nerve impulse, which moves along the pathway to…
Flying Eastwards Can Be More Tiresome Than To West – Circadian Rhythm and Jet Lag Syndrome
Jet lag or time zone change syndrome is a combination of tiredness and other symptoms caused by travelling frequently across different time zones. Daily Rhythmic Activity Cycle The body clock is harmonized…
Jet Lag Introduction
The body has a 24 hour sleep and wake cycle which is partly regulated by light and dark. If you travel quickly across time zones, your body gets confused about when to…
Treatment of Sleep Phase Disorders
Good sleep hygiene is the first step in the treatment of sleep phase disorders. This involves having a regular bed-time, regular get-up time and not reading or watching television in bed. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…