You may know the term best as “alternative” medicine, but this moniker is no longer accurate. Better described as holistic
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Preterm newborns sleep better in NICU while hearing their mother’s voice: Novel strategy can help improve sleep in a noisy neonatal intensive care unit
Hearing a recording of their mother’s voice may help neonates maintain sleep while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU),
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Poor sleep linked to lower cognitive functioning in people with diabetes and prediabetes
A study published in the journal Acta Diabetologica reports that people with diabetes and prediabetes who have lower sleep efficiency
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Does living near wind turbines negatively impact human health?
Wind turbines are a source of clean renewable energy, but some people who live nearby describe the shadow flicker, the
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New algorithm determines ideal caffeine dosage and timing for alertness: Algorithm-based caffeine dosing strategy provides customized guidance to counter sleep loss
According to a recent study, a newly developed algorithm may be the key to optimizing alertness with caffeine. Caffeine is
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Study links screen time to insomnia symptoms and depressive symptoms in adolescents: Regulating screen times may improve sleep health and reduce depression
Preliminary results from a new study indicate that greater amounts of daily screen time are associated with more insomnia symptoms
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Why do some sleep-deprived people experience worse cognitive functioning than others? Penn study reveals that microRNAs predict differences in cognitive impairment in memory and attention after sleep deprivation
The key to predicting how someone is affected by sleep loss may be found in microRNAs (miRNAs), according to a
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Sleep loss linked to nighttime snacking, junk food cravings, obesity, diabetes
Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link between poor sleep
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Can Taking Ambien Really Lead to Tweets Like Roseanne's?
After a public uproar following a racist post she made on Twitter, actress Roseanne Barr tweeted today (May 30) that
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Bursts of brain activity linked to memory reactivation: Sleep spindles may help memory storage keep memories separate
Leading theories propose that sleep presents an opportune time for important, new memories to become stabilized. And it’s long been
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