The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has been studying sleep for some time. A large number of medical journals and magazines such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine and the American Journal of Physiology. Richard J. Castriotta (pictured), the director of Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in the UT Health Science Center has been working to try and prevent or cure sleep disorders. Doctor Neil Stanley is studying the realationship between sleep deprivation and our day to day lives. The Sleep Research Society studies and identifies sleep disorders.
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Scientists have been using lab rats to study sleep deprivation and compare the results to human sleep problems. Scientists are also taking large surveys to attempt to see how wide-spread different sleep diseases are and the demographics of sleep problems.
Doctors have a array of tips and tricks to help prevent or cure sleep deprivation.
-Using your bed for sleep only
-Creating a daily routine for waking up and going to sleep
-Going to sleep in a dark and comfortable environment
-Blocking out disturbing or distracting noise.
-Avoiding naps, food, or exercise late in the afternoon and at night.
-Keeping track of your sleeping habits to share them with your doctor if sleep problems persist.
Studies in sleep have helped cast light on sleeping disorders and diseases. They have created a large number of solutions to sleep deprivation, but not everything is known yet. Many problems in lapses in information still exist.
Scientists still don't know the cause of some sleeping disorders, like narcolepsy. To find an effective cure, they have to determine whether or not the disorder is genetic. Scientists have to identify the purpose of dreams and their effects on the quality of sleep so they can determine if they have any effect on sleep deprivation. The purpose of sleep also must be found, alongside the purpose of each individual stage of sleep. Lastly, scientists should determine which stage determines the quality of sleep.
Doctors have a array of tips and tricks to help prevent or cure sleep deprivation.
-Using your bed for sleep only
-Creating a daily routine for waking up and going to sleep
-Going to sleep in a dark and comfortable environment
-Blocking out disturbing or distracting noise.
-Avoiding naps, food, or exercise late in the afternoon and at night.
-Keeping track of your sleeping habits to share them with your doctor if sleep problems persist.
Studies in sleep have helped cast light on sleeping disorders and diseases. They have created a large number of solutions to sleep deprivation, but not everything is known yet. Many problems in lapses in information still exist.
Scientists still don't know the cause of some sleeping disorders, like narcolepsy. To find an effective cure, they have to determine whether or not the disorder is genetic. Scientists have to identify the purpose of dreams and their effects on the quality of sleep so they can determine if they have any effect on sleep deprivation. The purpose of sleep also must be found, alongside the purpose of each individual stage of sleep. Lastly, scientists should determine which stage determines the quality of sleep.
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