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Overview of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

being less common between the two. The brain fails to send proper signals to the breathing muscles as a means by which to commenc...

Overview of Sleep Apnea

symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...

Critical Analysis of an Article

Sleep is a hot topic in the United States because survey after survey reveals that most Americans do not get enough sleep. There a...

Overview of Sleep Disorders

most likely the cause of this inability to fall asleep (2000). One thing is that changes in sleeping can affect ones ability to sl...

Driver Fatigue Case Study

very carefully as I cannot guarantee their accuracy with your guidelines. It also looks like you have a program to create a lifecy...

Sleep Apnea Disorder

the fact that snoring, in and of itself, is not indicative of sleep apnea; rather, it is but one telltale symptom (Hunt, 2002)....

Sleep Apnea from a Chiropractor's Viewpoint

In eight pages this paper examines how chiropractic treatment can assist sleep apnea. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography...

CPAP, BiPAP: Annotated Bibliography

This paper offers an annotated bibliography which consists of research articles that pertain to CPAP and BiPAP therapies, which ar...

An Overview of Emphysema

This in-depth paper examines the pulmonary disease emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic obstructiv...

What Happens When You Are Tired

Did you know that between 50 and 70 million adults in the United States have sleep disorders. The people are unable to function at...

Fictitious Sleep Shell Product Proposal

In eight pages a marketing survey, financial information, and 4 charts are featured in this fictitious product investment proposal...

Stages Of Sleep

as well as "becomes gradually restricted to the night" (Sleep Physiology). A total of less than ten hours is typical for those be...

Improving Wellness: A Personal Experience

fact, having an excess of responsibilities was one reason I got such little sleep. For instance, one reason I slept so little was ...

Analysis of the 1991 Film Sleeping with the Enemy

kept isolated from others (Hanson 20). The ultramodern beach house is minimalist in decor and looks more like a prison than safe ...

Sleep's Physiological Stages

individuals begins a backward progression from stage 4 through stage 2 (Appling, 1997). It is during this period that the sleeper...

Sleep's Neurological and Physiological Components

sleep long enough (Greier, 1997). Sleep is diurnal in its cycles, that is we alternately experience sleep then wakefulness. When...

Nursing and Sleep's Physiology

In seven pages this paper discusses sleep in terms of definition and the physiological components that comprise it and their nursi...

COPD and Rehabilitation

symptoms so that they might seek help at the onset of a respiratory event and to acquaint them with the causes of their condition ...

Medical Evaluation Steps Regarding Coexisting Conditions and Chest Pain

professional must carefully evaluate this patient using all that is known about each of these conditions. Pain such as that being...

Normal Sleep Pattern Cycles and Physiology

- also exist simultaneously. Of the three components, age is said to be "probably the single most crucial factor (apart from the ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD every four minutes (Walsh, 2007). The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute estimates that there are currently 12 million p...

Kleine Levin Syndrome

our appetite and sleep patterns. Given the impacts of Kleine Levin and male sex drive, it is interesting to note that there are d...

Overview of Sleep Hygiene

"The sleeper then progresses backward from stage 4 through stage 2, entering REM (rapid eye...

Suggestions for Getting More Work Done

Jason Fried compares work to sleep because there are phases in each. It takes time to get into deep sleep and this is the only kin...

The Safe to Sleep Campaign, SIDS

This research paper discusses the Safe to Sleep campaign, which is a promotion effort designed to address the infant morality caus...

How Counselors can Help Clients with Sleep Problems

This is a research proposal that focuses on numerous sleep-wake disorders. The symptoms, consequences of each, and treatments that...

Effects of Sleep Deprivation

is particularly true in regards to any situation wherein the individual must engage in a broad range of complex skills, such as "a...

Workplace Injuries and Daylight Savings Time

of variables. Drawing on information on mining industry accidents and injuries from the National Institute for Occupational Safety...

Two Article Summaries

provided details of the processes use to make changes in order to create a safer environment and reduce injuries, it was found tha...

Review of a Research Article Investigating a Strategy to Improve the Sleep for Carers of Patients with Dementia

able to justify the need for research in this area and provide a rich background. The literature review takes research from a rang...