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When we change our diet, we disrupt our appetite hormones. Here’s how it works – and how small changes to our diet can help us feel fuller for longer.
Lifestyle changes may be our best hope of delaying dementia or not developing dementia at all.
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Lifestyle-related dementia risks are complex, with factors like sleep, exercise, diet and social contact interacting with things like cognitive reserve, neuroplasticity and inflammation in the body.
Scientific evidence allows parents to choose the sleeping arrangement that’s right for them and their family.
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Questions about co-sleeping are often drowned out in a whirlwind of information and opinions. But science can provide some answers.
PanaNatra is a line of herbal products from the makers of Panadol. But can herbal ingredients relieve different types of pain?
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How did you sleep last night? Our six-part series looks at why so many of us have insomnia, and what it’s costing us.
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Poor sleep deprives First Nations people of the chance to connect with culture. So they co-designed a sleep apnoea program they’d actually use.
Owl chronotypes function better at night, while lark chronotypes are more energized in the morning.
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Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks − and even influence diagnosis of cognitive disorders.
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We found each of the books tended to give parents one approach for dealing with their child’s sleep, rather than a range of options.
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Fixating on sleep can make your sleep worse. But some people crave the connection online sleep communities provide.
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You’ve tried everything to get some sleep, but nothing’s working. Here’s what not to do, and what works.
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Insomnia and mental disorders are inter-related in a way we’ve yet to fully understand. But treating one can often help the other.
No need to worry if you like to hit ‘snooze’.
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If you struggle to get up, “snoozing” could help you perform better when you finally do.
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Many studies showing an impact of insomnia on the body are flawed or not meaningful in everyday life. But they can lead to scary headlines.
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Too much light and noise at night in cities makes us sleep less and, as a consequence, worsens our health. Here are some of the measures that local authorities should take to remedy this problem.
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Most movies tend to minimise or exaggerate insomnia symptoms. Insomnia is also rarely depicted as an illness that can be treated.
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Insomnia is torture, literally, and getting enough sleep a modern obsession. Here’s why.
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It turns out people who sleep well and those who sleep poorly have different kinds of thoughts before bed.
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They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
Your bladder can signal the brain when it’s full, even while you’re asleep.
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A pediatric urologist explains how the bladder and the brain communicate to wake you up when you need to ‘go’ – and how that communication might break down.
As July temperatures soared to triple digits, hundreds of homeless people lived on the street outside Phoenix’s largest shelter.
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As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.