Featured series 
Tag: Sleep
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What your brain score says about your body
Simple tool can be used to identify risk factors for cancer and heart disease too, says new study
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Cancer? No, thank goodness, it’s just high cholesterol.
Cardiovascular disease remains nation’s top cause of death, but patients seem too casual about prevention, experts say
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Now that we have new ‘miracle’ diet drugs, what’s the point of exercising?
Experts say weight loss isn’t at top of list of health, longevity gains that come from activities like walking, hitting gym
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Wish you had a better memory?
Take our research-based quiz for tips on improving recall when it matters most
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Why be kind? You might live longer.
Take our research-based quiz on biological benefits of being good
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Can good sleep help prevent diabetes?
Study links irregular sleep patterns with higher disease risk
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Between bright light and a good mood, plenty of sleep
Researchers outline path to lower risk of depression
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Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Newly identified chemical link between chronic pain, sleep loss could help sever vicious cycle
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Not getting enough sleep? That’s only half the battle.
Researchers find regularity also plays key role in long-term health and daily performance.
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Consulting Dr. YouTube
New study highlights the prevalence of misinformation among popular YouTube videos addressing sleep health.
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Lack of sleep will catch up to you in more ways than one
Experts highlight the health and memory effects, offer suggestions for countering environmental disruptions.
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Lifestyle influences long COVID risk
Findings suggest that simple lifestyle changes, such as having adequate sleep and maintaining a healthy body weight could prevent long COVID symptoms.
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Why we remember — and forget. And what we can do about it
Authors Andrew Budson and Elizabeth Kensinger offer insights on how to keep both a healthy brain and a strong memory.
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Alcohol, sleep, and politics
A new BIDMC study suggests that divisive political events like elections can negatively affect one’s sleep and emotional well-being.
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Parents are so wrong about teenage sleep and health
Harvard-affiliated study upends common myths around melatonin, weekends, school start times.
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Brain practices new tasks while we sleep
Researchers look at “replay” during sleep, which is theorized to be a strategy the brain uses to remember new information.
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Researchers find sleep benefit in higher dose of melatonin
In a small study of healthy adults aged 55 and older, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to a placebo.
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Siren call of daylight saving must be resisted, scientists say
Research, experience point to cancer link and other risks, suggesting standard time would be better year-round choice.
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How older adults may be doubling their risk of dementia
A new survey found that getting five or fewer hours of sleep in the older adult population was associated with double the risk of dementia.
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The science of siestas
Researchers have identified three distinct mechanisms that promote napping and found that many napping-related genes also regulate other aspects of sleep.
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Insomnia in a pandemic
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hosted an online forum on “Coronavirus, social distancing, and acute insomnia: How to avoid chronic sleep problems before they get started.”
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Shorter shifts lead to better-rested doctors
In a multiyear randomized clinical trial, investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that senior resident physicians who work no more than 16 consecutive hours get an average of 8 percent more sleep than those who work extended-duration shifts of 24 hours or more.
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Sleep, heart disease link leads from brain to marrow
New research from Massachusetts General Hospital traces a previously unknown pathway from poor sleep to an increase in the fatty plaques that line blood vessels in atherosclerosis, a key feature of cardiovascular disease.
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Countering college’s culture of sleeplessness
Harvard’s Class of 2022 will have taken ‘Sleep 101,’ an online module on sleep health, before they even hit campus on Aug. 27.
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Probing the sleep-deprived brain
Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, spoke at Radcliffe on the harmful effects of sleep deprivation.
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What’s another hour of lost sleep? For some, a hazard
An interview with Jeanne Duffy, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a sleep researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on links between sleep and health.
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Study flags later risks for sleep-deprived kids
Children ages 3 to 7 who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to have problems with attention, emotional control, and peer relationships in mid-childhood, according to a new study led by a Harvard pediatrician.
