6 things that happen when you don’t get enough sleep!

Your body can change drastically when you stop taking enough sleep at night 

 Sleeping is probably the best thing for some people, well, most of people precisely. But due to the hectic schedule and lifestyle, most of us are not able to get enough sleep at night. We don’t realize that when the sleep fails, all the other functions of our body stars declining. 

According to The Independent, here's what can happen when you're sleep deprived:

Your appearance can suffer

The Sun conducted an experiment where 18-year-old Chloe de Garis survived on just four hours' sleep for three nights. She ended up looking "quite ill," with bloodshot eyes and dark circles, a pale complexion and spots.

You can become more prone to disease

Long-term sleep deprivation can make you more prone to heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, according to the NHS.

You can put on weight

Research shows that people who sleep for less than seven hours a night tend to gain more weight and have a higher risk of becoming obese.

This is believed to be because the sleep-deprived have lower levels of leptin, which is the chemical that makes you feel full, and increased levels of the hunger-stimulating hormone ghrelin.

It can affect your brain

We all know the familiar brain fog after a rough night's sleep, but long-term sleep deprivation can do damage, too. It can lead to depression and anxiety, according to the NHS - as well as bipolar disorder.

Humans voluntary suppress unwanted memories as part of a totally healthy process. Not doing this can lead to psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Sleep is said to play a vital role in the process.

You can say goodbye to your sex drive

Research shows those who get less sleep have a lower sex drive, according to the NHS, so there's an incentive for an early lights-out.

Your memory is affected

Sleep optimises the process where we collect and sort new memories, remembering the important and discarding the useless.

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Suffering from bipolar disorder? Practice yoga

Yoga practice may yield significant mental health benefits for people with bipolar disorder, a survey study suggests.

Also known as manic-depressive illness, bipolar disorder refers to a brain condition that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

"Some individuals with bipolar disorder believe that yoga has had a significant positive impact on their life," said co-researcher Lisa Uebelacker from Brown University in the US.

For the study, the researchers recruited 109 individuals who identified themselves as having bipolar disorder and as being yoga practitioners.

Of 86 individuals with useable responses, 70 had positive results on a screening questionnaire for manic symptoms.

Participants reported practicing yoga for an average of six years; they attended a yoga class twice a week and practised yoga at home three times every week, on average.

Most participants believed that yoga had benefits for their mental health. Two-thirds said that yoga positively affected their depressive and manic symptoms.

They also reported positive emotional effects of yoga, such as reduced anxiety and worry; positive cognitive effects, especially in terms of increased mindfulness; and positive physical effects, such as weight loss, increased energy, and improved sleep.

Fifteen respondents said that yoga had been significantly life-changing.

However, yoga is not without risks - including potential worsening of symptoms related to bipolar disorder, the researchers noted.

About one-fourth of respondents reported some type of negative effects related to yoga.

"Our results suggest that hatha yoga may be a powerful positive practice for some people with bipolar disorder but that it is not without risks and, like many treatments for bipolar disorder, should be used with care," the researchers wrote.

The study appeared in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.   

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TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) FOR TINNITUS

TMS is a potential treatment for tinnitus ( it is approved for treating depression, but not yet for chronic ringing in the ears), and is a non-invasive way to ease the ringing and whooshing sounds that can fill ears.

Anything that provides some quiet is a big relief. Tinnitus can range from bothersome to debilitating.

Treatments lasting 35-40 minutes are delivered via a magnetic coil placed nest to the left side of the head. It sends short pulses of magnetic energy to the brain. There are no known negative side effects. It offers about 3 months' worth of significant improvement for more than a 3rd of people with newly diagnosed, severe tinnitus.

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What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?

A transient ischemic attack (TIA, mini-stroke) is a short-lived stroke that gets better and resolves. It is a short-lived episode (less than 24 hours) of temporary impairment of brain function that is caused by a loss of blood supply. A TIA causes a loss of function in the area of the body that is controlled by the portion of the brain affected. The loss of blood supply to the brain is most often caused by a clot that spontaneously forms in a blood vessel within the brain (thrombosis). However, it can also result from a clot that forms elsewhere in the body, dislodges from that location, and travels to lodge in an artery of the brain (emboli). Arterial spasm and, rarely, a bleed into brain tissue are other causes of a TIA. Many people refer to a TIA as a "mini-stroke."

Some TIAs develop slowly, while others develop rapidly. By definition, all TIAs resolve within 24 hours. Strokes take longer to resolve than TIAs, and with strokes, complete function may never return and reflect a more permanent and serious problem. Although most TIAs often last only a few minutes, all TIAs should be evaluated with the same urgency as a stroke in an effort to prevent recurrences and/or strokes. TIAs can occur once, multiple times, or precede a permanent stroke. A transient ischemic attack should be considered an emergency because there is no guarantee that the situation will resolve itself and function will return spontaneously without the help of medical intervention.

A TIA from a clot in the blood vessel that supplies the retina of the eye can cause temporary visual loss (amaurosis fugax), which is often described as the sensation of a black, dark curtain coming down. A TIA that involves the carotid artery (the largest blood vessel supplying the brain) can produce problems with movement or sensation on one side of the body, which is the side opposite to the actual blockage. An affected patient may experience temporary double vision; dizziness (vertigo); loss of balance; one-sided weakness or complete paralysis of the arm, leg, face or one whole side of the body; or be unable to speak or understand commands.



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BIRTH DEFECTS CAN BE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL

In a new study, researchers have tried to shed light on alcohol-related birth defects. 

The project, could help enhance how doctors diagnose birth defects caused by alcohol exposure in the womb. 

The findings of the new study also illustrate how the precise timing of that exposure could determine the specific kinds of defects. 


It is known that maternal alcohol use is the leading known and preventable cause of birth defects and mental disability in some countries.

Alcohol's effects can cause a range of cognitive, developmental and behavioural problems that typically become evident during childhood, and last a lifetime.

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is at the severe end of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders . 

FAS is recognized by a specific pattern of facial features: small eyelid openings, a smooth ridge on the upper lip (absence of a central groove, or philtrum), and a thin upper lip border. 


Researcher has developed new imaging tools with spatial resolution up to a million times higher than clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These include small bore tools suitable for imaging fetal mice that are only 15 mm long. 

To quantify facial shape from MRI data, the study team invented powerful new techniques for 3D shape analysis that have already proven successful in objectively defining facial shape changes in humans. 

In the study, researchers treated one group of mice with alcohol on their seventh day of pregnancy, a time corresponding to the third week of pregnancy in humans. 

A second group of mice was treated just 36 hours later, approximating the fourth week of human pregnancy. The amount of alcohol given was large, "high doses that most women wouldn't achieve unless they were alcoholic and had a tolerance for alcohol.

Near the end of pregnancy, the fetuses were then imaged . These 3D data sets showed individual brain regions, as well as accurate and detailed facial surfaces, from which researchers performed shape analyses. 

The team found that the earlier alcohol exposure time elicited the classic FAS facial features, including characteristic abnormalities of the upper lip and eyes. What they observed in foetuses exposed just 36 hours later, however, was a surprise. 

These mice exhibited unique and in some cases opposing facial patterns, such as shortened upper lip, a present philtrum, and the brain, instead of appearing too narrow in the front, appeared wide. 

The results of our studies show that alcohol can cause more than one pattern of birth defects, and that the type and extent of brain abnormalities—which are the most devastating manifestation of prenatal alcohol exposure—in some cases may be predicted by specific facial features. 

And, importantly, alcohol can cause tremendously devastating and permanent damage at a time in development when most women don't recognize that they're pregnant.