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Consistently sleeping well plays a big role in keeping day-to-day thinking sharp, as well as protecting the brain against memory problems down the line, like Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.

If you want to preserve and protect your memory, sleep on it. That advice comes from researchers who study the inextricable link between sleep, thinking, and memory.

Our sleep is part of our fundamental biology, says Michael Twery, MD, director of the National Center of Sleep Disorders Research at the ...

A new study has found that relationship skills in your twenties may bear on your slumber quality for years to come.

Many of us view the relationships we have in our early twenties as a time to make mistakes and figure out what not to do in the future. New research suggests, however, that those early bonds may be more important than we think and may even have lasting effects that “get under our skin” and influence our stress levels and ...

Brain regions involved in our pain response appear to function differently when we skimp on shut-eye.

Pain and sleep are poor bedfellows. Among people with recurring pain from problems like back strain, arthritis, and diabetes, as many as two-thirds report having sleep problems, according to a National Sleep Foundation poll.

Multiple studies have found associations between pain and poor sleep, including a study published in 2018 in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry that suggested that the relationship is bidirectional — people report ...

Too much sleep may be a sign of underlying health problems.

You know sleeping too little can bring consequences to your health and well-being. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that extremely long sleepers are the picture of health.

New research suggests that sleeping for more than six to eight hours a day (including naps), is linked to a higher risk of death and cardiovascular disease, according to a large study published in the European Heart Journal on December 5, 2018.

The researchers note ...

Shifting your sleep schedule may trigger changes in the body that can eventually lead to obesity, diabetes, and other serious problems.

You know sleep is important. We’ve all heard about the harmful effects of regularly not getting enough restful sleep, such as increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, obesity, and more. But new research offers new evidence on why when we sleep may be of utmost importance when it comes to how those poor-sleep-related problems actually develop.

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