by University College London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Regular physical activity may protect against cognitive decline as we get older, but this protective effect may be diminished for people who are not getting enough sleep, according to a new study by UCL researchers. The study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, looked at cognitive function over 10...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO New research from UC San Francisco that tested possible triggers of a common heart condition, including caffeine, sleep deprivation, and sleeping on the left side, found that only alcohol use was consistently associated with more episodes of the heart arrhythmia. The authors conclude that people might be able to...
by Taylor & Francis Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than two thirds (65.5 percent) of students are experiencing poor sleep quality and this is linked to mental health problems, new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Human Biology suggests. The findings, based on more than 1,000 (1,113) men and women attending university full-time, also show those...
by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Good sleep can be hard to come by. But a new study finds that if you can make up for lost sleep, even for just a few weekend hours, the extra zzz’s could help reduce fatigue-induced clumsiness, at least in how you walk. There’s plenty...
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion – a finding supporting researchers’ argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly individualized basis. In the national study, between 11% and...
by University of Colorado at Boulder Credit: CC0 Public Domain In recent years, numerous studies have shown that people who don’t get enough sleep are at greater risk of stroke and heart attack. A new University of Colorado Boulder study, published in the journal Experimental Physiology, helps explain why. It found that people who sleep fewer than...
