Sleep

A wide-ranging new study involving almost half a million subjects has provided compelling new insights into what constitutes healthy sleeping habits, suggesting seven hours per night is best for brain health during middle and old age.

As we get older, it becomes more difficult not just to get to sleep, but also to reach and maintain a state of deep sleep. The experimental new SleepLoop device is designed to help, by emitting noises into the wearer's head.

Does insomnia directly increase a person’s blood sugar? A new study suggests it does, and proposes treating insomnia in diabetic patients could lead to significant improvements in their disease symptoms.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have shed new light on the relationship between sleep and body fat, demonstrating how a lack of sleep can increase levels of insidious visceral fat deep in the abdomen, which carries acute risks to our health.

Napping for more than an hour a day could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease according to new research. It’s suggested excessive daytime napping shares a bidirectional relationship with dementia, reflecting and shaping changes in the brain.

Do you thrive on between four and six hours of sleep per night? You may be an “elite sleeper,” and a new study reports the same genes associated with short sleep patterns may also slow the onset of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Researchers have found sleeping in a moderately lit room can potentially harm a person’s cardiometabolic health. The study saw one night of sleep in a room with moderate light increased nighttime heart rates and spiked insulin resistance in the morning.

Preliminary research results have offered some compelling new answers around how exercise can affect sleep, demonstrating how favoring resistance-style workouts like weightlifting can bring about the most significant improvements.

What is your pre-bedtime routine? Across a series of robust mouse experiments a new study is shedding light on what goes on in the brain before sleep and how those pre-sleep behaviors directly activate parts of the brain that help initiate sleep.

A pair of recent studies have upended the common belief that watching screens before going to sleep disturbs the quality or duration of your slumber. The research indicates some people may actually get more rest by watching something before going to sleep.

Scientists have found that extending the nightly sleep duration of overweight subjects can lead to a significant reduction in daily calorie intake, so much so it could drive significant weight loss if the pattern was sustained over the long term.

If you sleep on your side, or roll about during the night, it's hard to find earbuds that'll stay in and be comfortable to use. Enter Kokoon's Nightbuds, specifically designed to deliver Bluetooth audio and sleep coaching, no matter how you lie down.