Health
Natural sleep aids: Get to sleep fast without a prescription
You toss, you turn, you can't fall asleep.
Mar 6, 2023
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News tagged with wakefulness
Medical research
Night work may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer in offshore petroleum workers
Many employees in the offshore sector work night shifts. This may make them more susceptible to aggressive prostate cancer than if they only worked during the day.
Feb 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nutritional neuroscientist offers tips on how to avoid the winter blues
The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy—better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD—suggests a strong link between your mood and the amount of light you get during the day.
Dec 6, 2022
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Neuroscience
Time-restricted feeding can alleviate excessive dark-phase sleepiness, scientists discover
Obesity induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) is a growing epidemic and major health concern. While excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a pervasive symptom of HFD-induced obesity, research findings suggest that reduced wakefulness ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Health
Turning back the clock for daylight saving time can impact brain and body functions
The end of daylight saving time is approaching, when millions turn back their clock an hour. This change can have an impact on brain and body functions and people should make diet and exercise adjustments to counteract negative ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Medical research
Study in mice provides insight into how brain activity is fine-tuned across the sleep-wake cycle
Using a mouse model, researchers have discovered a new daily rhythm in a type of synapse that dampens brain activity. Known as inhibitory synapses, these neural connections are rebalanced so that we can consolidate new information ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Your mind wanders because your brain whispers
You are sitting in a meeting at work and your mind starts to wander to another place. Suddenly, you realize that the person leading the meeting has asked you a question that you have not heard. Why does this happen?
Oct 18, 2022
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Medical research
Research finds Daylight Saving Time clock changes affect road safety
Researchers found that, after Daylight Saving Time (DST) is introduced, drivers' behaviors are riskier, and their reaction time and ability to read situations are compromised.
Sep 27, 2022
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Health
Consumer health: Don't let jet lag drag you down
If you have travel plans this summer—whether for work or play—don't let jet lag get in your way.
Jul 14, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers decode retinal circuits for circadian rhythm, pupillary light response
The eye's light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision function such as regulating pupil size or sleep/wake cycles, according to a new ...
Jul 6, 2022
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