In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Like a drowsy crystal ball, AI can now use sleep to predict your medical future In A Nutshell Stanford researchers trained an ...

With increased DNA damage from UV radiation or other reasons, the researchers also observed the jellyfish and sea anemones ...

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

Getting enough sleep is vital for a person’s overall health. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University say there are four different sleep patterns that people follow that can help predict a ...

Some animals can sleep with just half their brain at a time. Understanding this phenomenon can help us learn more about human ...

Setting an alarm to go off an hour before your bedtime every night can remind you that it’s time to start getting ready for sleep, Dr. Varga said. Doing something relaxing during that hour, such as ...

Something like a common cold could also potentially worsen the symptoms of sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnoea. ...

UC San Diego PhD student Varun Viswanath is the paper's corresponding author. The researchers analyzed data from the Oura ring, a smart wearable that tracks temperature, sleep and other information.

Historic records show humans slept, woke, and slept again regularly before the Industrial Revolution. But was it really a universal habit, and does it have benefits? Though most modern societies sleep ...