Short sleep may make you hard to lose weight
In a new study, researchers found that short sleep duration and high sleep variability may lead to difficulties in losing weight and body fat.
It...
How interrupted sleep could harm your health
It’s recommended that adults and older people get 7 to 9 hours of sleep. It is okay if you wake up once or twice...
Pink noise may boost deep sleep, improve memory in older people
In a new study, researchers found that gentle sounds played during specific times during sleep could enhance deep or slow-wave sleep.
The effect is strong...
Bad sleep in one’s 50s, 60s may increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease
In a new study, researchers found that people who report a decreased quality of sleep as they age from their 50s to their 60s...
Being a ‘morning person’ may lower breast cancer risk
In a new study, researchers found that being a morning person (popularly known as larks) is associated with a lower risk of developing breast...
Poor sleep linked to memory decline in older people
In a new study, researchers found that poor sleep is linked to decreased memory functions in older people.
They found that variability in night-to-night sleep...
Too little and too much sleep both may harm your heart health
In a recent study, researchers found the amount of time sleep, including daytime naps, is strongly linked to heart disease risk.
Previous research has shown...
Night owls can change their body clocks to have better health
In a new study, researchers found that people who sleep late and get up late ('night owls’) could retrain their body clock.
This could lead...
Your sleep history may help predict Alzheimer’s later in life
In a new study, researchers found that sleep patterns can predict the accumulation of Alzheimer's pathology proteins later in life.
The new finding may help...
How our body clock can show early signs of Alzheimer’s disease
People with Alzheimer's disease are known to have disturbances in their internal body clocks.
The disturbances could affect the sleep/wake cycle and may increase the...