Mar. 31, 2025 — New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over ...

A hypnic jerk is a sudden involuntary twitch or muscle contraction that occurs as you fall asleep. Also known as sleep starts, these hypnic jerks may jolt the entire body or affect only one part, like ...

Need another reason to prioritize your sleep? Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts ...

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For example, you’re more likely to have a heart attack (some reports suggest by as much as 20%) in the weeks following the switch from BST to DST (and vice versa), simply because of the disruption to ...

Five scientists won this year’s Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work on GLP-1 and the development of drugs for diabetes and obesity.