{"id":34718,"date":"2021-11-28T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=34718"},"modified":"2021-11-28T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:29:05","slug":"word-of-the-day-750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/11\/28\/word-of-the-day-750\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Circadian<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles that are part of the body\u2019s internal clock, running in the background to carry out essential functions and processes. One of the most important and well-known circadian rhythms is the sleep-wake cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Different systems of the body follow circadian rhythms that are synchronized with a master clock in the brain. This master clock is directly influenced by environmental cues, especially light, which is why circadian rhythms are tied to the cycle of day and night.<\/p>\n<p>When properly aligned, a circadian rhythm can promote consistent and restorative sleep. But when this circadian rhythm is thrown off, it can create significant sleeping problems, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepfoundation.org\/insomnia\">insomnia<\/a>. Research is also revealing that circadian rhythms play an integral role in diverse aspects of physical and mental health.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepfoundation.org\/circadian-rhythm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sleep Foundation<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2296272-tiny-region-of-human-brain-that-helps-regulate-sleep-studied-at-last\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tiny region of human brain that helps regulate sleep studied at last<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; Jason Arunn Murugesu, <strong><em>NewScientist<\/em><\/strong> (13 November 2021, paywall):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think that the method they\u2019re using has a lot of potential,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surrey.ac.uk\/people\/debra-j-skene\">Debra Skene at the University of Surrey in the UK<\/a>. But she says the researchers used such bright pulses of light to elicit a response from the nucleus that it is unclear if this particular study tells us anything new about circadian clocks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circadian: Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles that are part of the body\u2019s internal clock, running in the background to carry out essential functions and processes. One of the most important and well-known circadian rhythms is the sleep-wake cycle. Different systems of the body follow circadian rhythms that are synchronized with \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/11\/28\/word-of-the-day-750\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34719,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34718\/revisions\/34719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}