Chronic sleep deprivation acts as a systemic stressor, elevating risks for cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysregulation while impairing cognitive function.

Sleep deprivation effects harm brain health, impairing memory, attention, and emotion. Chronic loss risks neurodegeneration and cognitive decline.

Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden found that the lack of sleep impacted specific biomarkers, which are molecules ...

Sleep is central to the proper functioning of the immune system, which in turn has implications for mental and physical health. Sleep disturbances have been linked to poorer immune responses against ...

We know poor sleep is often associated with deteriorating physical and mental health but for decades scientists have reported a strange phenomenon whereby acute sleep deprivation actually leads to ...

The study shows that a lack of coordinated sleep or sleep deprivation can lead to emotional issues, a lack of motivation, and ...

In a society where hard work and burning the midnight oil are celebrated, sleeping and resting well usually takes the back ...

It's said there are health benefits to being around water. To find out, I tried swimming regularly, particularly to see if it helps improve sleep quality. Aly Lopez was a writer on the sleep and ...

When nights stay warm, the body struggles to cool down, a key signal for drifting into deep sleep. Heat doesn't just shorten ...

A tiny group of people needs far less sleep than the rest of us. Geneticists are finally uncovering the mutations that let their brains break the rules.

In a culture like ours, in which long work hours are expected and pleasurable nonstop distractions abound, sound sleep is often hard to come by. Our society promotes hard work as a path to happiness ...