Progesterone is a powerful hormone. While most notably associated with pregnancy, progesterone is the hormone which is most often attributed to a fluctuation in a woman’s mood, emotions and degree to which physical activity can be performed. More profound that this is the affect progesterone may have on a woman’s wake and sleep cycles, lending ...
The brainstem, or the lowermost portion of the brain, is made up of the diencephalon, midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata. Each of these structures plays an important role in the function of the brain. Diencephalon The diencephalon contains two very critical structures; the thalamus and the hypothalamus. Thalamus The thalamus is a two-lobed structure located ...
My son is a young adult with Asperger’s syndrome and, for years, has lived with complications associated with a normal sleep cycle. To aide in more normal, and restorative, sleep patterns for him, his doctors and I have developed a lifestyle that we hope he will adapt as he transitions into independent living. If you ...
Over a lifetime a person spends about 25 years of there life sleeping. That seems like allot doesn’t it? For example, lets say a person was 50 years old and they slept an average of 8 hours per day. That would mean they slept 146,000 hours. That would be about 6,083 days and about 17 ...
