While I'm aware this will make me sound smug, I generally consider myself a good sleeper. Since giving up alcohol nearly four years ago, I have transitioned from disrupted sleep and experiencing ...

Healthcare professionals, pilots, truck drivers and shift workers have likely all experienced sleep deprivation, which negatively affects performance, safety, and quality of life. Researchers have ...

One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove waste that accumulates during waking hours. In a 2019 study, Lewis and her ...

A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been developed by experts at Monash University, in Australia, and the University of Birmingham, in the UK. This ...

New research reveals that sleep deprivation sends aberrant signals through the vagus nerve, triggering a serotonin surge that ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza New neuroimaging research shows that when sleep-deprived people lose focus, the brain briefly ...

Over centuries, the human body has developed a natural rhythm that uses biological and environmental factors to determine when to sleep and eat. But continued advances in technology—starting with the ...

A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been developed by experts at Monash University, in Australia, and the University of Birmingham, in the UK. This ...

A blood test detected when individuals had been awake for 24 hours or more with 99.2% accuracy. The corresponding study was published in Science Advances. Studies show that sleep deprivation reduces ...

A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been developed. A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been developed ...