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For decades, the answer to “how much sleep does an adult need?” has been simple: eight hours. The idea dates back to the mid-19th century when the notion of eight hours of work, eight for recreation and eight for sleep first took hold

Women on regimens of estrogen-only menopausal hormone therapy are at reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a study by Stanford Medicine investigators has found

While lung cancer mortality in the United States has declined significantly since 1990, incidence trends have been more nuanced. New lung cancer cases have fallen in men since the mid-1980s and in women since the mid-2000s, declining annually by 3.0% and 1.4%, respectively, from 2012 to 2021

A team of scientists from the University of Liège (GIGA Neurosciences), supported by the Stop Alzheimer’s Foundation, has analysed the sleep patterns of more than 500 healthy people. Among middle-aged participants, a higher frequency of nocturnal micro-awakenings was found to be associated with a greater genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, whereas this link was…

Study Links Sleep Patterns to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk | 2026-08-13 Study Links Sleep Patterns to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk A new study suggests sleep disturbances may identify those at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Research highlights the role of micro-awakenings in older adults.

New University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa research, published July 14 in Scientific Reports, found that differences in gut bacteria explained about 15% of the differences in how quickly participants’ bodies were biologically aging

Researchers estimate that about 75% of all processed foods include a commercially used sweetener, which includes artificial and natural sweeteners, as well as sugar alcohols

Analysis of 553 sleep clinic patients establishes a novel, six-endotype classification system for circadian phase assessment, reinforcing the clinical value of at-home salivary DLMO testing

Your gym sessions may be locked-in, and your nutrition might be on-point, but if you are failing to hit the hay at a reasonable time, you could be stalling your progress toward getting slimmer. While we are constantly told that adequate sleep is a necessary part of the weight loss journey, getting to bed on…

Professor Rozanne Kruger from Griffith University’s School of Allied Health, Sport and Social Work studied 287 European and Pacific New Zealand women aged between 18-45 years and assessed if they were morning chronotypes (early bird) or an evening chronotype (night owl)