We would all be new to parenting, overwhelmed with feeding schedules and dizzy from sleep deprivation.
The findings echo previous research linking higher BMI to sleep deprivation and irregular sleep schedules.
However, once the lack of food and sleep deprivation set in, tempers are likely to fray.
The U.S. Army field manual classifies sustained sleep deprivation as a form of mental torture.
Excessive net-surfing and television are leaving 12-year-olds suffering the symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation, say experts.
Which brings us to an underlying cause of these daymares and sinister thoughts -- sleep deprivation.
Research suggests sleep deprivation interferes with hunger and satiety hormones crucial to regulating appetite.
Sleep deprivation and stress positions could be used but only under special authorisation from a high-level authority.
The lawsuit says al-Qahtani was subjected to severe sleep deprivation, isolation, 20-hour interrogations, severe temperatures and forced nudity.
"Sleep deprivation and depression go hand in hand among teenagers, " says the study's lead author, Mahmood Siddique, D.
According to human-rights groups the defendant suffered sleep deprivation, harassment and inappropriate touching by a female guard while in detention.
They believe that sleep deprivation or sleep disturbances may affect the immune system's ability to function at an optimal level.
Just like humans, airplane passengers of the four-legged variety must also contend with the risk of respiratory infections, dehydration and sleep deprivation.
It is believed that sleep deprivation may harm neurological development and can contribute to behavioural problems including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Dr Janet Mullington, of Harvard Medical School, said there were many questions still to be answered about the effect of sleep deprivation.
"Only in recent years have we begun to realise the prevalence and severity of sleep deprivation in our population, " said Professor Gillin.
Sleep deprivation is affecting us all and we are paying the price.
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On the road all day, on the phone to Washington at night, sleep deprivation takes its toll as countries blur into one.
Sleep deprivation is especially famous for its ability to make people manic.
And it was then, rattled by sleep deprivation, that I discovered Miffy.
Sleep deprivation also led to an increase in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which controls many of the body's "involuntary" functions.
Lead researcher Ilana Hairston said as well as proving sleep deprivation affected spatial memory, the suggestion was that sleep did not affect senses.
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Another study came out this week confirming some older studies that shows that sleep deprivation makes you hungry and could lead to you being overweight.
She said it was possible that the change to inflammatory markers produced in sleep deprivation experiments were merely short-term reflections of the battle against sleepiness.
Recently released Bush administration memos showed Justice Department officials argued that waterboarding, sleep deprivation and other coercive practices did not violate U.S. laws against torture.
Over time, sleep deprivation can cause irritation, depression, sickness or mistakes.
The findings also tie into research attempting to do away with sleep, such as by finding a drug that could eliminate the effects of sleep deprivation.
One memo said aggressive techniques such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and slapping did not violate laws against torture absent the intent to cause severe pain.
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Meanwhile the natural body clock was disturbed - some genes naturally wax and wane in activity through the day, but this effect was dulled by sleep deprivation.
They have the Army Field Manual, which has - lays out specific treatments that are barred, including mock drowning and things like that, sleep deprivation, food deprivation.
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