Many baby books promote sleep-training methods that involve leaving babies to cry at night. But there are gentler ways to get a good night's sleep.
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Daylight saving time starts this weekend, and it can often be the beginning of new dramas getting kids to bed. Here's how to make the transition a little smoother.
Breast milk contains ingredients in concentrations that change over the course of the day. Researchers think milk is chrononutrition, carrying molecular messages to help set a baby's internal clock.
Researchers find 351 genetic variants associated with a person's chronotype. Before this study, we knew of only 24.
The old saying 'the early bird catches the worm' might be especially fitting when it comes to peak mental and physical performance.
Daylight saving time begins this weekend, which means many of us will get an hour less sleep. But the health effects go beyond sleep – and can last two weeks or more. Here's what the research says.
A recent study suggested that a chemical responsible for getting the body ready for sleep was suppressed in children by too much evening light. A circadian rhythm expert explains the dangers.
Pity the poor night owls of the world, who already must adjust to a life that doesn't align with their natural sleep patterns. Now it appears that being a night owl even raises the risk of death.
Most Americans dread the time switch to daylight saving time, which results in a loss of an hour's sleep. The downside is more serious than that – it can lead to workplace injuries and traffic fatalities.
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Research fellow, University of Melbourne
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Principal Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Management, University of Oregon
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Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University
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Professor of Chronobiology, University of Surrey
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Research fellow in sleep, circadian rhythms and neuroimaging, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Merced
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PhD in Public Health, Swansea University
