Sleep deprivation has long been known to weaken the immune system. Now UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have made a startling discovery: The gut microbiota drives changes to the immune system caused by chronic sleep ...
Apr 16, 2026
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As the world heats up, nights are warming faster than days where most people live—and this ambient heat affects how well and how long people sleep. A new article by eminent sleep scientists, including the presidents of the ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated that caffeine can restore social memory impaired by sleep deprivation by targeting a defined brain pathway. ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Children who use social media for more than three hours per day are more likely to develop greater levels of depression and anxiety compared to those who use it more moderately. The findings are the latest analysis to come ...
Mar 23, 2026
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They say love conquers all, but it doesn't always conquer snoring.
Mar 17, 2026
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Eight hours of sleep used to be the norm, and all-nighters with only a few hours of rest were rare among teenagers. In recent years, however, there has been an alarming decline in sleep duration. It has reached a point where ...
Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it also could harm your health.
Mar 7, 2026
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It's late at night inside a cramped interrogation room. The suspect being questioned may have come straight from working a double shift or maybe they've been sitting at the police station for hours. Exhausted, it's hard to ...
Mar 5, 2026
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You love it—or loathe it. Either way, the clocks jump forward one hour on Sunday morning for the start of Daylight Saving Time, providing an extra hour of evening light through Nov. 1. That means one hour less sleep this ...
Mar 3, 2026
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Two out of three adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) start adulthood without the disease, according to a long-term study that followed more than 2,500 individuals. The researchers also note that several factors ...
Feb 2, 2026
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