Do Women Need More Sleep Than Men?
Q: I’ve heard that women need several hours more sleep per night than men do. Is this true? If you browse social media for information on healthy sleep habits, you…
Working the Night Shift? Here’s How to Take Care of Yourself.
When Samantha Shaw took a new job as a research technician for a sleep-related study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2021, she was excited to work on a cause…
How to Deal With Afternoon Fatigue
Circadian rhythms dictate how bodily functions ebb and flow over a roughly daylong cycle, experts said, and these rhythms are largely set by a biological “clock” in the brain. Sleep…
What to Eat and Drink for a Good Night’s Sleep
Your brain also uses tryptophan, an essential amino acid you can only get from food, to make melatonin, Dr. St-Onge said. Tryptophan is notoriously abundant in turkey, but other sources…
Sudden Infant Death Rates Increased, Study Says
Rates of sudden unexpected infant death in the United States increased by nearly 12 percent from 2020 to 2022, according to new research published on Monday in the journal JAMA…
6 Things We Get Wrong About Sleep
There’s no question that sleep is important for your health. Without enough of it, your risk of developing diseases such as dementia, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes can…