Sleep advice tends to arrive as a single round number: eight hours. A new study out of Columbia University suggests the real target is both narrower and more consequential than that, and it applies to nearly every organ in the... Continue Reading →
Sticking to the same daily schedule, waking up, eating, working and going to bed at roughly the same times, may do more for your body and mind than you'd expect. A new study from the University of Missouri found that... Continue Reading →
What does rapid long-distance travel actually do to the body's internal clock and gut bacteria, and can any of it be managed? Two clocks, one disruptionThe body runs on a central circadian clock in the brain's suprachiasmatic nucleus, which is... Continue Reading →
We all know the feeling: a bad night's sleep leaves you foggy, irritable, and struggling to remember where you put your keys. But new research published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that sleep deprivation does something more specific and more troubling than... Continue Reading →
The researchers say their findings, published in Nature, provide insight into the role of sleep, but still leave an open question around what function the latter half of a night’s sleep serves. The researchers say the study supports the Synaptic Homeostasis... Continue Reading →
A good night’s sleep is important for many reasons. It helps our body repair itself and function as it should, and is linked to better mental health and lower risk of many health conditions – including heart disease and diabetes. It’s also been shown... Continue Reading →
Too little and too much sleep linked to cognitive decline Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation. A multiyear study of older adults found that both short and long sleepers experienced greater cognitive decline... Continue Reading →
Young people at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis have significantly higher psychotic symptoms if they are an evening person, Orygen researchers have found. Their research, published last month in the journal Early Intervention in Psychiatry, investigated the link between sleep disturbance, chronotype... Continue Reading →
Establishing a consistent sleep schedule for a toddler can be one of the most challenging aspects of child rearing, but it also may be one of the most important. Research findings from a team including Lauren Covington, an assistant professor... Continue Reading →