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 ...

Harvard Medical School researchers discovered that recurrent circadian disruption, which occurs in individuals with irregular sleep schedules, can cause reduced glucose tolerance when combined with a ...

Changing the time you go to bed and wake up increases your risk of a heart attack, a study in a BMJ journal has suggested. Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day has long been thought to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study has found a link between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. The research from China, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia by the Alzheimer’s Association, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A healthy sleep pattern, as well as improving sleep habits, were associated with a lower risk for atrial ...

Imagine this scenario: You’re on vacation, enjoying long, activity-packed days. So, you abandon your typical sleep schedule in favor of staying up late to have more fun. After all, vacation only comes ...

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 ...

Your brain can slip into dream-filled rapid eye movement, or REM sleep, in a matter of minutes, but for some people that journey takes much longer. And new research suggests this delay might be more ...

Having good sex and even better sleep should be at the top of all of our to-do lists. However, achieving both may not be easy. Suppose you’re struggling with getting adequate rest. In that case, you ...