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http://tinyurl.com/5skl4swebsiteCausesInsomnia can be caused by: * Psychoactive drugs or stimulants, including certain medications, herbs, caffeine, cocaine, ephedrine, amphetamines, methylphenidate, MDMA, methamphetamine and modafinil * Hormone shifts such as those that precede menstruation and those during menopause * Life problems like fear, stress, anxiety, emotional or mental tension, work problems, financial stress, unsatisfactory sex life * Mental disorders such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, general anxiety disorder * Disturbances of the circadian rhythm, such as shift work and jet lag, can cause an inability to sleep at some times of the day and excessive sleepiness at other times of the day. Jet lag is seen in people who travel through multiple time zones, as the time relative to the rising and setting of the sun no longer coincides with the body's internal concept of it. The insomnia experienced by shift workers is also a circadian rhythm sleep disorder. * Insomnia-Estrogen Estrogen is considered to play a significant role in women's mental health (including insomnia). A conceptual model of how estrogen affects mood was suggested by Douma et al 2005 based on their extensive literature review relating activity of endogenous, bio-identical and synthetic estrogen with mood and well-being. They concluded the sudden estrogen withdrawal, fluctuating estrogen, and periods of sustained estrogen low levels correlated with significant mood lowering. Clinical recovery from depression postpartum, perimenopause, and postmenopause was shown to be effective after levels of estrogen were stabilized and/or restored. * Certain neurological disorders, brain lesions, or a history of traumatic brain injury * Medical conditions such as hyperthyroidism and Wilson's syndrome * Abuse of over-the counter or prescription sleep aids can produce rebound insomnia * Poor sleep hygiene * Parasomnia, which includes a number of disruptive sleep events including nightmares, sleepwalking, violent behavior while sleeping, and REM behavior disorder, in which a person moves his/her physical body in response to events within his/her dreams * The full moon lunar phase * A rare genetic condition can cause a prion-based, permanent and eventually fatal form of insomnia called fatal familial insomniaA common misperception is that the amount of sleep a person requires decreases as he or she ages. The ability to sleep for long periods, rather than the need for sleep, appears to be lost as people get older. Some elderly insomniacs toss and turn in bed and occasionally fall off the bed at night, diminishing the amount of sleep they receive.An overactive mind or physical pain may also be causes. Finding the underlying cause of insomnia is usually necessary to cure it. Insomnia can be common after the loss of a loved one, even years or decades after the death, if they have not gone through the grieving process. Overall, symptoms and the degree of their severity affect each individual differently depending on their mental health, physical condition, and attitude or personality.
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Added: July 25, 2008
A final presentation I did for AP Biology. It was a book report on a book related to biology. So I choose this book by D.T. Max. It involves Prions, fatal familial insomnia and other diseases.This was in interview I also found on NPR but made a show with it called Medical Mysteries.** VOICE DOES NOT RESEMBLE LIPS**
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Added: June 11, 2008
Fatal Familial Insomnia
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Added: February 23, 2008
A simple animation showing the mutation of a single nucleotide on codon 178 PrP gene which causes a change in the encoded amino acid from aspartic acid to asparagine.
Author: paulmathus
Keywords: fatal Familial Insomnia point mutation FFI genetics
Added: March 27, 2007
A simple animation showing the mutation of a single nucleotide on codon 178 PrP gene which causes a change in the encoded amino acid from aspartic acid to asparagine.
Author: paulmathus
Keywords: fatal Familial Insomnia point mutation FFI genetics
Added: March 27, 2007
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Fatal familial insomnia is an extremely rare genetic disease. Those affected are forever trying and failing to fall asleep. It is untreatable and (as the name suggests) fatal. Horrific stuff.
http://digg.com/general_sciences/When_Sleep_Doesn_t_Come_Death_Does
Carolyn and Cheryl are sisters who have lived with a mortal secret for years. A genetic mutation hangs on their family tree like poison fruit.It killed their grandfather and their uncle and, in 1999, revealed itself in their mom, Barbara.
http://digg.com/world_news/Fatal_Familial_Insomnia_Weird_Genetic_Mutation_2
Carolyn and Cheryl are sisters who have lived with a mortal secret for years. A genetic mutation hangs on their family tree like poison fruit.It killed their grandfather and their uncle and, in 1999, revealed itself in their mom, Barbara.
http://digg.com/world_news/Fatal_Familial_Insomnia_Weird_Genetic_Mutation
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is a hereditary disease (a rare genetic condition) where a prion (a deformed piece of protein) attacks the brain. When a prion attaches itself to a gene, it is passed on down the generations. Much more common is Insomnia, most people will suffer from it at some stage in their lives.
http://digg.com/health/The_Family_That_s_Dying_To_Sleep
A fatal form of insomnia and mad cow disease have something in common -- renegade proteins known as prions. A new book, The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery, explores how they go bad and turn our brains into Swiss cheese. An interview with the author, science writer D.T. Max
http://digg.com/health/To_Sleep_Perchance_to_Survive