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Google is rolling out version 5.03 of the Health app with more quality-of-life updates on Android and iOS

SEOUL– More Koreans are suffering from sleep disorders, with the number of patients increasing by more than 20 percent over the past four years, data showed Monday

A new report from the Office of the Chief Coroner in New Brunswick says unsafe sleeping practices were involved in more than a third of infant deaths over a five-year period

AURILLAC, France — Is the Tour de France the most competitive sleep environment in sports? “Probably, yeah,” answered Dr. Jon Greenwell, EF-Education EasyPost’s Head Doctor when I asked him. Every athlete needs to recover, though the demands on professional cyclists at the biggest race in the sport are unique. Riders have to be fresh every…

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Scientists have discovered how damage to the myelin sheath – the insulating layer around nerve fibres – affects brain activity during sleep. 

Experts pointed to mounting academic pressure and increased screen time as key factors behind the growing number of sleep disorder cases

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Koreans slept 6 hours and 58 minutes a night in 2025, 18% below OECD average of 8 hours and 22 minutes

How well your brain functions in old age is largely shaped by conditions early in life. Long before we have the ability to influence them.