by University of Warwick Causal associations between short and long sleep groups with multiple health conditions. Credit: Nature Mental Health (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44220-025-00395-6 A study led by University of Warwick Professor Jianfeng Feng has found that regularly sleeping too little is associated with depression and brain loss in emotion areas, while sleeping too long is associated with cognitive...
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Light at Night Tied to Diabetes Risk in Largest Study to Date
Christina Szalinski July 11, 2024 Concerned about your patient’s type 2 diabetes risk? Along with the usual preventive strategies — like diet and exercise and, when appropriate, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists — there’s another simple, no-risk strategy that just might help: Turning off the light at night. A study in The Lancet found that...
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Why pain seems worse at night
by Rocío de la Vega de Carranza, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock / New Africa As the song from the musical “Les Miserables,” based on the novel by Victor Hugo, says, “But the tigers come at night, with their voices soft as thunder.” We’ve all been miserable at night, when we find ourselves tossing and turning in...
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Why do my feet ache at night?
Several things can cause a person’s feet to ache at night, including some lifestyle factors and certain medical conditions. However, a range of accessible treatments can help relieve the pain. There may be a dull pain that does not go away or a throbbing pain in different parts of the feet, from the ball, heel,...