LIKE all new parents, Ilona Andrews was sleep-deprived and arguing with her husband over who was ‘more exhausted’. Despite admitting she felt like “she didn’t exist ...

Despite our feverish obsession with health hacks, one vital component, regardless of how many times it's reiterated, often gets overlooked—sleep. The coveted recommendation of clocking six to eight ...

A groundbreaking analysis of sleep patterns and metabolic health has revealed a concerning connection between irregular sleep schedules and the development of type 2 diabetes. Drawing from data on ...

Before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I didn’t think twice about sleep. I’d always been a night owl, but I went to bed reasonably early. And I never had trouble falling asleep or getting eight ...

People with sleep disorders share gut microbiome patterns tied to fiber and inflammation, pointing to a possible link between ...

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Sleep is an independent and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) , prompting a shift towards routine bidirectional screening in clinical practice. Experts concluded the Sleep ...

Short sleep may alter how diet affects your health. New research links better diet quality to lower metabolic risk in women ...

Doctors are increasingly warning that what happens in the middle of the night can reveal far more than whether you are simply a “good sleeper.” A growing body of research suggests that a specific ...

Preliminary results from the "SNAPSHOT study", an NIH-funded collaborative research project between the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and MIT Media Lab ...

As the clocks "go forward" for large parts of the U.S. this weekend, you may well miss the resulting lost hour of sleep. However, the health impacts of the shift into daylight saving time (DST) are ...