One thing I’ve learned in my mostly unsuccessful lifelong quest to get enough sleep is that nothing helps more than feeling under pressure to do so. So learning in McKnight’s that extra sleep reduced healthcare workers’ risk of getting COVID-19 was just the incentive I needed. Actually, not. Medical research over the past decade or…
One hour longer sleep duration at night is linked to 12% lower odds of contracting COVID-19. And workers who report feeling burned out every day are more likely to become infected and have longer symptom duration, investigators say.
A new study has found significantly better cognitive function results in older adults who take a regular afternoon nap. But “unintentional” nappers didn’t perform as well on word recall, investigators noted.
Fully 41% of people who had strokes or mini-strokes had insomnia immediately after the event, and nearly that many still had trouble sleeping more than three months later, according to a new review.
Residents slept better after a Sacramento, CA, nursing home installed programmable LED lighting fixtures and set them to mimic natural light fluctuations, say long-term care researchers from Brown University.
People who go to bed late and get up late exercise 56% less than their early bird counterparts, a new study finds. A shift in sleep habits could change their health prognoses for the better, investigators say.
Older adults who sleep excessively during the day are more likely to develop a chronic health condition within three years, a new study has found.
Sleep problems can persist for years among cancer survivors, exacerbating cancer-related issues such as physical distress, a new study finds.
Sold as Belsomra, the drug improves total sleep time without affecting cognitive or psychomotor functioning, a recent trial shows.
Sleep aid approved for general population may treat insomnia in Alzheimer’s … Probiotic drink could combat antibiotic resistance, say researchers … Eye movement test confirms loss of inhibition in aging
