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Are You & Your Partner in a 'Sleep Divorce?' You're Not Alone
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 – Many couples may be painfully familiar with the scenario: One partner snores loudly all night long, so the other partner seeks better sleep in another bed. Now, a new...
Night Owls Could Be Upping Their Mental Health Risks
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 – People who regularly stay up until the wee hours of the morning could be harming their mental health, a new study finds. Regardless of whether people were morning larks or a...
Science Shows How Night Shifts Help Bring on Disease
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 – Night shift work can increase a person’s risk of chronic disease, and a new study reveals one possible explanation for this. It appears that just a few days on a night shift s...
Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata: What Are the 'Z Meds' for Sleep?
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 – Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata: Millions of bleary-eyed Americans turn to this class of so-called "Z-drugs" to get restful sleep. But how do these drugs work, and do they come with...
It's That Time Again: Tips on Adjusting to the Start of Daylight Saving Time
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 – When the clocks spring forward or fall back, many folks will find themselves struggling to adjust. The transition to Daylight Saving Time can be tough on people, both...
Sleep Quality and Energy Are Precursors of Incident Headache
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 – Sleep quality and energy are precursors of incident headache, with different patterns for predictors of morning and later-day incident headache, according to a study...
Shift Work Tied to Disordered Sleeping
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 – All shift work schedules are associated with adverse sleep effects, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in Frontiers in Psychiatry. Gretha J. Boersma, Ph.D., from...
Being a 'Night Owl' Could Be Tough on Your Arteries
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 – Hardened arteries are almost twice as common in night owls as in early birds, a new study shows. About two in five people (40%) who stay up very late had severely hardened...
Nidra Yoga Found to Aid Sleep and Cognition
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 – Two weeks of 20-minute yoga nidra mindfulness training sessions might improve sleep, cognition, learning, and memory, even in novices, according to a study published online...
'Night Owls' Are Often Less Healthy, Upping Diabetes Risk
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – Staying up late comes naturally to some folks, whether they’re working or relaxing deep into the night. But being a night owl might come at a cost to one’s health. People wh...
Shift Work Tied to Negative Impact on Cognitive Functioning
FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 – Shift work may negatively impact cognitive functioning in middle-aged and older adults, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in PLOS ONE. Durdana Khan, Ph.D., from...
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