Sleep Deprivation Has Genetic Consequences By Eryn Brown Summary

In the article from LA Times “Sleep Deprivation Has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds,” Eryn Brown claims that sleep deprivation has massive consequences on a person’s body, causing not only genetic damage, but also negative biochemical changes as well. She supports her claim by stating it is proven that more often than not, people who have an absence of sleep in their daily routines usually suffer from diabetes and stroke, as well as high blood pressure, then going on to explain that these consequences are not the only harmful things happening in our body, for study shows that it also influences the brain, and finally, she states that genetic damage is inevitable, and that many genes will end up getting harmed. Brown writes it in a formal tone, reaching out to the many individuals reading her article. Several reasons explaining her tone incorporate the fact that she writes for LA Times, a popular newspaper aimed at a wide range of ages, and she keeps her language and choice of words appropriate for all readers. Again, in order to make the public aware of the dangers of sleep loss, Brown addresses the damage it can do to someone’s body up-front, and how it exists as a dangerous thing within people. For

This is because the title reads “Sleep Deprivation Has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds,” which means that Brown should be talking about the consequences of sleep deprivation, while at the end, she explains a solution for it. Not only that, but she also under emphasizes the difficulty of the solution, which is using blood samples from the victim to tell what time of day they think it is. And while she addresses the issue that this kind of technology can’t be used today, she avoids stating that if it were as simple as how she described it, it already would have already been done. So in short, if changes could be made to this article, then deleting the last five paragraphs should be the first