Dinner time and sleep hormone can affect your blood sugar control
In a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers found blood sugar control, is affected by various factors—including the timing of meals relative to...
Common drug for anxiety and sleep problems may harm cognitive functions
Benzodiazepines are effective and widely used drugs for treating states of anxiety and sleep disorders.
In a new study from the Ludwig Maximilian University of...
No time to sleep is common in nature
A new study about wild baboons reveals that sacrificing sleep to meet pressing demands is common—and might even be part of our evolutionary history
The...
Scientists find new way to reduce the health risks of night shifts
Night shift work increases the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. It disrupts the body’s circadian rhythms—the 24-hour internal “clock” that controls...
How sleep affects human brain clearance
In a new study from the University of Oulu, researchers reveal how sleep affects the brain clearance process.
The results of the study may help...
Why good sleep is harder in older people
In a new study from Stanford University and elsewhere, researchers found how the brain circuitry involved in regulating sleepfulness and wakefulness degrades over time.
This may help...
Lack of sleep and anxiety: what to know
Insomnia is a common and debilitating disorder that is frequently linked to important consequences for physical and mental health and wellbeing.
It often occurs in...
Getting more sleep reduces caloric intake, a game changer for weight loss
In a new study from the University of Chicago, researchers found the current obesity epidemic is mostly explained by an increase in caloric intake,...
Scientists find a new way to detect sleep apnea
Sleep apnea, the disorder where normal breathing is disturbed during sleep, can negatively affect someone's mental and physical health.
In a new study from the...
Poor sleep linked to greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes
In a new study from the University of Hertfordshire, researchers found that poor sleep is linked to a greater risk of pre-diabetic patients developing...