https://medicalxpress.com/sleep-news/ en-us Latest health news and information about Sleep & Recovery Disturbed sleep is a common problem—and one that has many serious consequences beyond feeling tired the next day. Research has linked insomnia and poor sleep to early mortality and diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-women-poor-good-night-rest.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:00:06 EDT news700746601 Sleep can be one of the trickiest things for families with little kids. It's not just important for parental sanity or a child's grumpiness the next day. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-child-screens-bedrooms-limit-ipads.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:40:01 EDT news700740962 A new study from scientists at the University of Rochester Medicine suggests that reinforcing the body's natural daily rhythms to improve sleep could help the brain recover after a stroke, pointing to a potential new strategy to improve brain waste clearance and outcomes long after the initial injury. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-harnessing-body-internal-clock-recovery.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:03 EDT news700743181 Snoring is not just a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea—it may also contribute to the disease. Researchers at Umeå University show that the vibrations affect how muscle cells produce and manage energy. This, in turn, may weaken the muscles of the upper airway, making them more likely to collapse during sleep. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-vibrations-contribute-apnea.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:40:10 EDT news700737039 People with type 2 diabetes who nap longer than 30 minutes every day, regardless of their sleep patterns at night, increase their risk of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according to a study being presented Monday at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-naps-chronic-liver-disease-people.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:04 EDT news700482422 The gut does much more than just digest food. Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered a surprising link between gut function, feeding and sleep in fruit flies. Their study adds to growing evidence that the gut communicates with the brain and can influence behavior. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-newborn-flies-gut-blockage-clues.html Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:20:01 EDT news700413504 Our brains make us who we are. But what makes our brains? Which of the myriad experiences and characteristics that define a child's life and identity—from screen time to sleep to illness—leave imprints in the folds of that child's brain? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-socioeconomic-factors-imprint-children-brains.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:03 EDT news700398541 Anyone who has had a bad night knows that they can feel "foggy" the next day. This fogginess may extend to our memory: remembering where we went, who we met or what happened during the encounter. Neuroscientist Robbert Havekes from the University of Groningen studies memory loss due to sleep deprivation. In a study published in the journal Science Advances on June 10, Havekes and lab member and first author Adithya Sarma show that sleep deprivation makes mice forget social encounters. However, they found that the social memories are not gone; the mice just can't seem to recall them. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-sleepy-mice-met-asthma-drug.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:40:10 EDT news700396682 For millions of people, cannabis has become the unofficial prescription for lost sleep. But what feels like a solution may be quietly making the problem worse. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-cannabis-isnt-harmless-neurologist-people.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:40:08 EDT news700398482 Healthy sleep and regular exercise can work to counteract genetic mutations in white blood cells that are associated with cardiovascular disease and are most common among older people, Mount Sinai researchers have found. In a study published in Nature, the team reported for the first time that sufficient sleep and exercise can help reduce the cancer-like cell expansion and atherosclerotic risk linked to mutations that spontaneously occur in white blood cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-curb-heart-mutant-white-blood.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:40:03 EDT news700321651 A new study from Penn State College of Medicine, to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting, found that excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with higher odds of both prevalent and incident hypertension, and taking 30 minutes or longer to fall asleep further increases that risk. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-sleepy-days-restless-nights-dangerous.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:01 EDT news700314841 A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that people place different financial values on sleep, with those differences linked to factors such as age, income and existing attitudes about sleep. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-price-tag-survey-adults.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:40:01 EDT news700314812 A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that pregnant women's expectations about postpartum sleep predicted their actual sleep quality after delivery, outweighing prior sleep and psychiatric history. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-poor-worse-postpartum-quality.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:12 EDT news700314061 The Journal of Medical Internet Research released a feature story on the accuracy and utility of consumer wearables that estimate so-called biological age in its News and Perspectives section. In "Sorting Science From Marketing in the Era of Data-Driven Biological Aging Clocks," JMIR Correspondent Jenna Congdon breaks down the gimmick—how biosensor-enabled devices use proxy data to approximate age, the differences between consumer models and research-grade clinical clocks, and how users can best interpret these metrics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-biological-aging-clocks-insights-diagnostics.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:06 EDT news700306743 University students who aren't always enthused about walking across campus for class can take heart in new research that suggests lots of daily steps translate to improved mental health and better sleep. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-linked-healthful-rest-college-students.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:20:05 EDT news700234149 Can a simple scent released while you sleep improve your sense of smell, your memory or even the quality of your sleep? New research explores the benefits of passive olfactory stimulation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-beneficial-brain.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:20:06 EDT news700223762 Cognitive behavioral therapies for insomnia (CBT-I) are increasingly being delivered online to improve accessibility. However, although insomnia and anxiety frequently occur together in older adults, few interventions address both conditions simultaneously. A new digital platform developed by researchers at the Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), in collaboration with Concordia University, Université Laval and the Université de Montréal, aims to fill that gap. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-online-therapy-insomnia-anxiety-adults.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:20:03 EDT news700156922 A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that women with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea reported a greater overall symptom burden than men, even though their objective measures of sleep apnea severity were similar. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-women-apnea-greater-symptom-burden.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:09 EDT news700141082 A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that U.S. military veterans with both insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea face a markedly elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes, substantially exceeding the risk associated with either sleep disorder alone. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-veterans-insomnia-apnea-elevated-diabetes.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:40:02 EDT news700141022 By inducing specific patterns of activity in small portions of the brain in awake mice, researchers have triggered a recalibration of neural connections that normally only occurs during sleep. This new approach offset the effects of sleep deprivation on memory tasks and revealed features of sleep that are key to its restorative effect. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-trigger-effect-brain.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:40:11 EDT news700133685 Children who experience persistent sleep issues throughout their younger years may have a greater risk of developing depression in adolescence, a new study suggests. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-childhood-short-teenage-depression.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:06 EDT news700129922 It's no accident that we spend a third of our lives asleep. It is essential to our health, and even animals for whom resting is complicated—such as aquatic mammals that need to surface to breathe, or birds that go up to 10 days without touching dry land—manage to sleep with surprising adaptations. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-good-night-healthy-gut-bacteria.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:30:02 EDT news699540301 An increasing number of people are suffering from sleep deprivation, difficulty falling asleep, or interrupted sleep—with consequences for health, society, and the economy. An international research team involving the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine—Brain and Behavior (INM-7) at Forschungszentrum Jülich is therefore calling for a fundamental rethink. In the future, sleep should no longer be regarded merely as a personal health issue, but as a global health priority, they argue. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-poor-threatens-health-society-economy.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:30:02 EDT news699624126 Studies in mice reveal a new target for potentially treating and preventing life-threatening cardiovascular complications in the millions of patients with sleep apnea worldwide. The study, presented at ASM Microbe 2026, showed how microbes modify bile to help protect mice from sleep apnea's heart and metabolic toll. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-bile-acid-receptor-emerges-apnea.html Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:00:05 EDT news699885241 How we sleep may have lasting impacts on our brain health as we age. A new University of Arizona study has found that several common sleep behaviors may be linked to signs of brain aging. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-struggle-common-habits-brain-aging.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:40:01 EDT news699887521 A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that irregular sleep—including variability in sleep timing and duration—was associated with lower receptive vocabulary and visuospatial memory scores in preschool-age children, even after accounting for total sleep duration. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-irregular-preschool-age-children-memory.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:40:01 EDT news699783182 The brain may reuse some cells to store many different memories without mixing them up with or erasing older memories, a new study in mice suggests. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, the study revealed that about 1 in 4 memory cells in a brain area called the hippocampus acts as a shared "hub" that links incoming and outgoing signals. A report on the findings was published in the journal Nature. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-newfound-switchboard-brain-memories-older.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:20:03 EDT news699782701 A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that poorer sleep health according to wrist actigraphy and insomnia symptoms during adolescence predicted a higher likelihood of an overnight hospital stay during young adulthood around seven years later, even after accounting for adolescent hospitalizations and sleep health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-poor-health-adolescence-linked-hospitalization.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:20:01 EDT news699783062 Sleep loss dulls alertness and coordination, and it can produce effects similar to severe intoxication, making actions like driving incredibly risky. But there's no clinical test for determining when someone is dangerously sleep deprived. Now, researchers report a step toward a non-invasive test for sleep deprivation in the Journal of Proteome Research. In a study of 20 men, they identified molecular differences in saliva after a full night's rest and 24 hours without sleep. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-deprived.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:50:02 EDT news699725402 Postpartum and perinatal depression are known challenges for those going through pregnancy, but there has been less focus on the more prevalent disorder of anxiety. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-anxiety-pregnancy-priority.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:20:01 EDT news699707941