1

2

Top Headlines

Dreaming concept | (c) rolffimages / stock.adobe.com

Brain Refreshing: Why the Dreaming Phase Matters

Aug. 25, 2021 — Researchers have found that blood flow in the brain capillaries, which is important for oxygen/nutrient delivery and waste removal, was increased during rapid eye movement ...

New Mothers’ Sleep Loss Linked to Accelerated Aging

Aug. 5, 2021 — When new mothers complain that all those sleepless nights caring for their newborns are taking years off their life, they just might be right. A year after giving birth, the 'biological age' of ...

'Springing Forward' Affects Early Birds Less Than Night Owls

July 20, 2021 — Every spring, the Daylight Saving Time shift robs people of an hour of sleep - and a new study shows that DNA plays a role in how much the time change affects individuals. People whose genetic ...

Exposure to Light With Less Blue Before Sleep Is Better for Energy Metabolism

July 9, 2021 — Researchers have found that exposure to specific types of light before sleep can have variable effects on energy metabolism during sleep. ...

Latest Headlines

updated 10:58pm EDT

Deficits May Remain After 7-Day Recovery from 10 Days of Insufficient Sleep

Sep. 1, 2021 — After 7 days of recovery from a 10-day period of deficient sleep, participants in a small study had recovered their pre-sleep deprivation reaction speed, but had not fully recovered on any other ...

Your Sense of Smell May Be the Key to a Balanced Diet

Aug. 26, 2021 — When we smell food, we are more likely to eat -- but new findings suggest eating food also impacts our sense of smell, which could bias what we eat next. Imaging shows that brain's response to odors ...

A Master Gear in the Circadian Clock

Aug. 19, 2021 — A gene called Npas4, already known to play a key role in balancing excitatory and inhibitory inputs in brain cells, appears to also be a master timekeeper for the brain's circadian clock, new ...

A Sleep Study’s Eye-Opening Findings

July 29, 2021 — Getting more sleep, by itself, does not change work productivity or overall well-being for impoverished workers in India. Naps or better-quality sleep at night may have a bigger impact, according to ...

A Blood Test for Your Body Clock? It's on the Horizon

July 29, 2021 — Sleep researchers have found it's possible to determine the timing of a person's internal biological clock via a single blood draw. Ultimately, the findings could lead to a simple blood test for ...

Scientists Show How Light Therapy Treats Depression in Mice Model

July 8, 2021 — Light therapy can help improve the mood of people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) during short winter days, but exactly how this therapy works is not well understood. A new study finds that ...

New Study Uncovers How a Series of Sleep Loss Impacts Mental and Physical Wellbeing

July 6, 2021 — A new study looked at the consequences of sleeping fewer than six hours for eight consecutive nights -- the minimum duration of sleep that experts ...

High Physical Activity Levels May Counter Serious Health Harms of Poor Sleep

June 29, 2021 — Physical activity levels at or above the weekly recommended amounts may counter the serious health harms associated with poor sleep quality, suggests ...

Melatonin in Mice: There's More to This Hormone Than Sleep

June 23, 2021 — Researchers have created a mouse model that allows the study of naturally occurring melatonin. Experiments using the new mice showed that natural melatonin was linked to a pre-hibernation state that ...

Subconscious Changes in Movement May Predict Alzheimer's Disease

June 23, 2021 — A research team found that FMAR was associated with preclinical AD pathology in women, suggesting that FMAR may be a new biomarker for AD before cognitive symptoms ...