The SleepFM model reveals how sleep analysis can predict disease risk, offering insights into sleep's role as a vital health ...

Stanford University researchers can now predict diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, heart disease and attacks, genital ...

SleepFM showed especially strong results for Parkinson’s disease (C-index 0.89), dementia (0.85), hypertensive heart disease ...

For humans, sleep is a necessity, a mystery, and a luxury. It’s not known why we need it but we do—and an hour more or less of it can make your day either great or grumpy. Most animals sleep, too, ...

In our fast-paced modern lives, where burnouts often are our badges of honor, and rest is a reward we have to earn painstakingly, many of us proudly claim to “get by” on five or six hours of sleep. We ...

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, and I’ll admit: I’m not a fan of the early sunsets that come with it. Darkness falling at 5 p.m. makes me feel like the evening is over before it begins. But as ...

Officially, perimenopause marks the transition into menopause. Unofficially? It ushers in a chapter that is physically and emotionally challenging for many women. During these years, hormones begin to ...

We all miss out on sleep now and then, but if you’re consistently losing out on shut-eye, it could lead to a health problem called sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation means you’re not getting enough ...

While it should be as easy as breathing, sleep can evade us, despite our best efforts to get a good night's rest. However, there's hope that you can break your negative sleep patterns. According to ...

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You may have heard sleep described as something of a magic pill for the body. With the right amount, timing, and quality, it can work wonders -- strengthen the immune system, improve blood sugar, even ...