Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder

Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder In the medical circle, the circadian rhythm sleep disorder is also known with its various other names such as non-24 sleep/wake syndrome, advanced sleep phase syndrome, delayed sleep phase syndrome. Circadian rhythm regulates various biological processes in...

If you have teenagers living with you at home, you probably nag at them almost every night to go to bed early and shout at them early in the morning to get up. Believe it or not, teenagers do not sleep very late every night and have a hard time waking up every morning on purpose. There is a...

When a person ages, there will be changes in his or her sleeping patterns, but it does not mean that a person is suffering from any circadian rhythm sleep disorder. In fact, over a typical lifespan of a person, the amount of time a person spends sleeping decreases. Babies who are neonates...

Circadian rhythm sleep disorder can be caused by night shift work. Most people do not realize the negative effects of night shift work can do to the body. While millions of people are sleeping soundly in their homes during late-night hours, a lot of night shift workers, such as nurses,...

How Does Change In Time Zone Can Cause Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder Have you ever given a thought that frequent travel to different time zone can make you suffer with circadian rhythm sleep disorder? Well this is true, our circadian rhythm, the central processing unit of our sleep can alter...

SAD – A Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder More Common In Women Seasonal affective disorder is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder which results in depressed mood and tired feeling experienced in the winters. In the United States, statistics shows that out of hundred people, SAD is experienced by...

Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder And SAD Winters are a tough time to pass, lack of sunshine leads to seasonal affective disorder which is one of the main cause for the human body’s circadian rhythm sleep disorder. With an increase in the number of patients suffering with SAD, many new...

A  Tool That Records Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder Patterns Actigraphy has been used widely to record the sleep-wake patterns of a person suffering with circadian rhythm sleep disorder. Actigraphy is much more advanced than traditional method of polysimnography. Actigraph which is the main...

Circadian rhythm disorders are irregularities in the functioning of the circadian clock that regulates several body processes in humans, including the sleep-wake cycle. These irregularities may be due to internal problems such as incorrect timing of hormonal secretions or they may be external,...

Circadian rhythm is the most important element that influences the way we lead our lives. Everything in our body, from the eating habits, creation of proteins and sleep is controlled by this rhythm. Recent researches show that marijuana affects the normal cycle of this rhythm. That is why...