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Older Adults: Less Sleep, Faster Aging Brain

Older Adults: Less Sleep, Faster Aging Brain

There is a another reason to consistently get 7-9 hours of high-quality sleep every night. According to EurekAlert, researchers from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) found evidence that when older adults decrease their sleep, their brains age more rapidly. Published in the journal SLEEP, the data of 66 older Chinese adults who also participated in the […]

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Lack of Sleep for Teenagers Connected to Obesity Risk

Lack of Sleep for Teenagers Connected to Obesity Risk

With teenagers back at school, you’ve got another reason besides better grades to make sure your young student tucks in early. According to research conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health and  the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, not getting enough sleep significantly increases a […]

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Access to Electricity Linked to Shorter Sleep

Access to Electricity Linked to Shorter Sleep

Does electricity and artificial light hold us all back from getting more quality sleep? Researchers from the University of Washington believe so, and they’ve got new research to back it up! Published online in the Journal of Biological Rhythms, the study compared the days of traditional hunter-gatherer living conditions to our modern environment, revealing that […]

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Poor Sleep Impacts Lifestyle Choices and Future Health

Poor Sleep Impacts Lifestyle Choices and Future Health

According to new research, consistently getting quality sleep is important to our future health as it has a huge influence over our lifestyle choices. Published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the study has provided evidence that poor sleep makes us more likely to make unhealthy lifestyle decisions by collecting data from 37, 508 adults […]

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