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Your Sleep Habits May Predict Over 170 Diseases, Study Finds

Sleep Quality, Not Just Quantity, Matters

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Cheese may really be giving you nightmares

Scientists have found that eating too much dairy could ruin your sleep.

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Sleep and Memory: How the brain rewires itself overnight

How sleep keeps memories fresh: New research unravels the mystery?

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Dream recall: What makes us remember our dreams?

A new study sheds light on the various factors that influence dream recall.

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How working dogs adapt to daylight savings time

Sled dogs in a Canadian facility were more active than usual the morning after the clocks turned back.

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How does the brain form cohesive cognitive maps of whole spaces?

It requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days.

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Females sleep less and awaken more frequently than males

What may underlie sleep differences in men and women?

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First-of-its-kind study: Forever chemicals linked to poor sleep

Insight into the biology of PFAS’ influence on sleep.

First Communication in Dreams

A historic milestone: Two people communicate in dreams

Participants successfully exchanged information through lucid dreams.

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Sleep prepares neurons for new memories

During sleep, these neurons replay the same activity, helping to store memories in the brain's cortex, allows us to keep learning new things.

Seeking participants for low oxygen and weight study

Lower oxygen levels can help with weight loss, it could lead to new ways to manage weight and improve metabolic health.

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Children’s environment impacts blood metabolites

Environmental exposures and unhealthy habits can harm children's heart and metabolic health more than individually. A new University of Eastern Finland study highlights the...

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The importance of the human brain’s hypothalamus

fMRI scans to examine how the human hypothalamus controls hunting and escaping behaviors in a virtual survival game.

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Do newborns experience consciousness?

Detecting consciousness in newborns

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Understanding health through changes in sleep pattern

Analysis of sleep phenotypes over a five million night period.

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Energy drinks linked to sudden cardiac arrest

Doctors warn of cardiac risk of energy drinks.

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Understanding the importance of mental health

Scientists call for holistic care of mental health that combines physical and mental well-being.

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Adding 46 minutes of sleep can measurably increase the ‘positives of life’

New study reveals how adding 46 minutes of sleep can measurably increase ‘positives of life’.

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TikTok’s sleep tips: Science-approved!

Most sleep tips shared on TikTok are supported by scientific evidence.

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College students have less empathy when they are less alert

Changes in alertness may undermine an individual’s ability to empathize.

Analysis of the consequences of sleep deficiency for the cognitive functions of the body

Brain rehearses future in rest

Hippocampal retuning in sleep.

Impact of social media usage on sleep patterns in adolescents

Explore the connection between shorter sleep duration, increased social media usage, and brain activity in teenagers.

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Good night’s sleep is tied to how you structure your day

Boost exercise to beat your bedtime blues.

Depressed senior woman sitting in bed cannot sleep from insomnia

New hope for sleep disorders without pills

Effect of sleep apnea on tailored insomnia treatment.

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