Waking up regularly at night to go to the toilet is called nocturia – and it can have a variety of causes.
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Waking up regularly at night to go to the toilet is called nocturia – and it can have a variety of causes.
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Physical exercise is good for cognitive health, but a new study finds that if it’s combined with poor sleep, those benefits may disappear.
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Researchers find physically active short sleepers in their 50s and 60s suffer cognitive decline as fast as those who do less exercise
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If you’re using caffeine to stay alert and operate on less sleep, you’re accumulating a sleep debt that will catch up with you.
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At age 18, I was told by a doctor I had sleep apnea and I needed to use a CPAP machine at night. I said no way. But eventually, my disdain for it turned into love.
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Controlling the action in a dream is an appealing concept that has attracted enormous attention over the years, but there could be risks if inducing them infringes on sleep quality
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If you experience sudden muscle spasms, shocks or vivid experiences when falling asleep, you may be suffering from sleep starts. Here's how to cope.
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Good sleep doesn’t start when we go to bed, it starts when we wake up. Here’s how to fix your sleep in your waking hours.
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On average, the rise in melatonin was 32 percent greater on the night the study participants slept with a weighted blanket.
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The key to enjoying exercise after a fitful slumber is to start early and keep it simple.
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If you want to keep your heart healthy, add a good night's rest to your to-do list, a new study says.
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Adults who sleep for five hours or less a night are more likely to develop two or more chronic diseases once they get older, research has found.
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A large new study published provides evidence that people 50 and older who sleep five hours or less at night have a greater risk of developing multiple chronic diseases as they age compared with peers who get a longer night's rest.
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Scientists are still unsure about what causes hypnic jerks, but the sensation can be triggered by stress, sleep deprivation and too much caffeine.
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It will be hard to change his behaviour alone, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But stand your ground – even if sleep-deprived
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Most people sleep on their side, which is good because those who sleep on their backs are more likely to be poor sleepers or have breathing difficulties at night.
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The 4-7-8 breathing technique can calm your mind and body by relaxing your nervous system and decreasing heart rate and blood pressure, which gets your body in the optimal state for sleep.
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People who often nap have a greater chance of developing high blood pressure and having a stroke, a large new study found. That might be because of underlying sleep disorders that are harming their regular sleep, experts say.
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Routinely getting a good night’s sleep has been added to the American Heart Association’s list of key components of cardiovascular health, lengthening the list to eight factors the association believes can lead to a longer, higher-quality life without heart disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and has been for the past century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 2010, the AHA had focused on seven points: maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, being physically active, eating a healthy diet, and keeping blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar at acceptable levels.
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Sleep duration was added to the American Heart Association's "Life's Essential 8," a questionnaire that measure's a person's heart health.
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Recent studies in humans and mice have shown that late nights and early mornings may cause long lasting damage to your brain.
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Our new research with mice visualised how differently aged brains pump out toxic protein waste during sleep.
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Eight hours a day is a myth. Embracing our individual sleeping patterns could be the key to a better night’s rest
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Chimps sleep nine hours a night. Cotton-top tamarins sleep about 13. What happened to humans?
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Too much and too little sleep linked with worse cognitive performance and mental health