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.
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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.
Daylight savings time means our most active periods are better aligned with daylight hours.
The original arguments Congress made for ‘springing ahead’ have been thoroughly debunked. So why are they still being used by legislators today?
Research demonstrates a two-way relationship between sleep problems and sexual problems, as well as between satisfying sex and sound sleep. If you want better sex, you need better sleep.
Few things seem to matter to our health as much as a good night’s sleep, but fewer and fewer of Americans are getting it. A neurologist explains why sleep is so important.
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.
Advocates say daylight saving time saves energy and wins wars. But studies show that injuries and illnesses rise when the clocks change. Some states may end the practice; others could make it permanent.
The clock change’s impact on commuter numbers highlights the need to use street lighting more effectively.
Lighter mornings set off a vital biological chain reaction that sets you up for the day.
Gaining a better sense of what genes are involved in regulating circadian clocks could put us on a path to find better treatments and therapies to help people adjust to time shifts.
Daylight saving time advocates say it conserves energy and wins wars. But studies show that injuries and illnesses rise when we switch the clocks. One solution: staying on DST year-round.
The clocks going back hold the tantalising promise of an extra hour in bed. But the modern attitude towards that champion of indolence, the sloth, shows that sloth is still very much a deadly sin.
How daylight savings time could be harming us.
South Australia is considering a permanent change of time zone. Of the several changes proposed, the main contender is to align the state to Eastern time.
Daylight saving time ends this weekend in most states and territories (barring Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory), meaning we’ll turn our clocks back by one hour on Sunday morning…
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Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University
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Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Florida
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Director of the Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Claremont McKenna College
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Professor of Law, University of Washington
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Co-Director Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Psychophysiology, Stress, Well-being, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University
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Lecturer in Architectural Science, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Chronobiology, University of Surrey
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Professor of Finance, University of Toronto
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Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
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Principal Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
