Your daily habits affect your health more than you realise. Dr Sood shares 5 practices that influence hormonal health.

The old advice to simply get eight hours misses a bigger picture, researchers say. New studies reveal that timing, consistency, and sleep quality all play a major role in health.

Sleeping fewer than 4.5 hours and more than 6.5 hours per night is associated with cognitive decline, according to researchers. In a recent study published in Oxford Academic's Brain, a team from the ...

Not getting enough sleep may do more than cause fatigue—it could be accelerating aging, affecting skin health, energy, and ...

If you've ever woken up from a strange, vivid dream and thought what was that about? Good news. Science is finally catching ...

This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW considers the purpose of sleep and, in particular, the connection it shares with memory. By studying the dreams of rats, researchers are hoping to gain ...

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In humans, aging is often associated with changes in sleeping patterns, cognitive abilities and functional network connectivity (i.e., the strength with which activity in different brain regions ...

Share on Pinterest Data from five population studies suggest that better sleep may help protect cognitive function in adults. Image credit: ismagilov/Getty Images. A new analysis looking at data from ...

Introduction: The cardiovascular system (CVS) is heavily influenced by the autonomic nervous system. Additionally, there is a functional alteration during the various stages of sleep. In nonrapid eye ...