Health Care

Summary Cognitive shuffling, a technique developed by cognitive scientist Dr. Luc Beaudoin, helps quiet racing thoughts for better sleep. The method involves mentally conjuring random, non-emotionally charged words and corresponding…

Summary Insufficient deep sleep in slow-wave and REM stages may accelerate brain deterioration linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The brain’s inferior parietal region shrinks with inadequate deep sleep, according to a…

Find yourself yawning a lot? Do you need that third or fourth cup of coffee to make it through the afternoon at work? Such signs of sleepiness may be a…

Do you find yourself reaching for an alcoholic drink to unwind and drift off to sleep? Whether it’s an old-fashioned, a hot toddy or even an espresso martini, many people…

Summary Political and societal upheavals can disrupt sleep and trigger insomnia in vulnerable individuals, according to sleep experts. Chronic insomnia may lead to serious health complications including heart attacks and…

Summary Feeling tired in the morning but alert at night is a common problem linked to disrupted sleep patterns or disorders. Experts recommend tracking sleep habits and maintaining consistent wake…

If your child sometimes has trouble sleeping, it may be easy to chalk it up to a phase they will grow out of one day. But a new study suggests…

It’s almost time for clocks to “fall back” one hour and gain one hour of sleep. On the first Sunday of November, at 2 a.m., clocks fall back an hour…

Let’s say you need to wake up by 7 a.m. to get to work on time. So you set your first smartphone alarm for 6:30 a.m., your second at 6:45…

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the entire world in a state of urgency, pushing scientists and researchers to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible. While the race for a…