Highlights: Netflix's web series in the US entitled “13 Reasons Why” showing suicide scenes, could influence teens who watch the episodes alone, to be more vulnerable of committing sui...
Highlights: First simple blood test to identify the precise internal time clock as compared to the external time has been developed The algorithm called TimeSignature is very accu...
Highlights: Poor sleep can make you more fat Sleep loss and night shift work may impair your metabolism and negatively affect your body composition People with disrupted sleep...
Highlights: Sleep-deprived individuals don’t feel like connecting with others and end up feeling lonelier Others find sleep-deprived people less socially attractive and start feeling ...
Highlights When newborn babies are introduced to solid foods early, they tend to sleep longer and wake up less in the night. Moms should only breastfeed the baby till he or she is ...
Highlights Being an evening person is linked to higher body mass index (BMI) Having late breakfast may increase Body Mass Index (BMI) leading to overweight and obesity Being ...
Highlights: Weight gain due to stress, disrupted circadian rhythms and treatment with Steroid (glucocorticoid) drugs may be dependent on the timing of hormonal pulses. Contr...
Highlights Factors such as insufficient sleep and insulin resistance may be linked by improper balance of hormones. An imbalance in testosterone and cortisol hormones due to insuffic...
Highlights: World Sleep Day is observed every year on 16 th March to raise awareness on the importance of sleep The theme for World Sleep Day 2018 is "Join the Sleep...
Highlights Back pain can spoil a good night’s sleep. There are numerous reasons for back pain and its good to know that certain simple remedies can reduce the severity. On...
Highlights Sleeping sickness is actually a circadian rhythm disorder Trypanosoma brucei is a parasite that causes the deadly sleeping sickness New therapeutic alternatives ...
Highlights Consuming fish once a week improves a child’s quality of sleep and increases their IQ by 4 times Omega-3 fatty acids in foods help improve intelligence and reduces slee...
Highlights Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is the feeling that the body is drained of energy. Though previously claimed to be a psychological fact, research has found that it is...
Highlights Insufficient sleep or sleep problems can lower the chances of conception. Women sleeping less than six hours per night suffer a 20 percent reduction in a follicular...
Highlights Short sleep duration during pregnancy can increase the risk of gestational diabetes. Average sleep duration of less than 6 hours was associated with a 1.7 fold incr...
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