Sleep problems contribute to a number of mental health issues in adolescents, researchers say. But a lingering question is whether some teens need more—or less—sleep than others to be healthy and at their best.
Aug 30, 2017
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Drinking caffeinated coffee appears to have both beneficial and harmful short-term health effects: increased abnormal heartbeats, increased physical activity and reduced sleep duration, according to late-breaking research ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Short sleep duration and daytime napping appear to increase the risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published online Nov. 9 in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
Nov 18, 2022
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Adequate sleep is a key aspect of a healthy lifestyle. Recent research has revealed an association between sleep duration and the development of diabetes. This could reflect causal effects of sleep on diabetes, or sleep duration ...
Feb 25, 2019
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A new study suggests that increasing the amount of sleep that teenagers get could improve their insulin resistance and prevent the future onset of diabetes.
Sep 29, 2012
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Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes appear to play an essential role in sleep, a new study by scientists from the Washington State University Sleep and Performance Research Center confirms. Published today in PLOS Genetics, ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Chronic short sleep duration of 6 hours or less or increasing average sleeping time by 2 hours or more over a period of several years increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and older women, reports ...
Nov 2, 2015
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Preliminary results of a new study show that social jet lag has emerged as an important circadian marker for health outcomes.
Jun 5, 2017
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A graph of how long Americans sleep forms a U-shaped pattern across our lives, with age 40 being the low point and hours of sleep starting to creep back up about age 50, Medical College of Georgia investigators report.
Jun 14, 2022
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A recent study in the Journal of the American Heart Association has led to headlines that will make you rethink your Saturday morning sleep in.
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