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Circadian Rhythm

Adjusting Sleep Schedules for School

We can help our teens learn and practice good sleep hygiene that will benefit them immediately and throughout their lives.

Circadian Rhythm

Sleep Awareness Week Interview with Clifford Saper

For National Sleep Awareness Week, we talked to sleep expert Clifford Saper, M.D., Ph.D., about common sleep disorders, the importance of sleep hygiene, and where his research is headed.
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Circadian Rhythm

The Time of Your Life

The circadian rhythm—the 24-hour cycle of the physiological processes of living beings—is instrumental in determining the sleeping and feeding patterns of all animals, including humans. Clear patterns of brain-wave activity, hormone production, cell regeneration, and other biological activities are linked to this daily cycle. Our author focuses on two relatively new areas of research—circadian genomics and epigenomics—and their potential for advancing medical insight.
Circadian Rhythm

Migraine and Sleep: New Connections

Attack” is often a word associated with migraine, and for good reason. If you suffer from migraine headaches or know someone who does, you are well aware of its crippling nature. This story focuses on new research that has uncovered an important link between migraine and sleep patterns. A better understanding of the relationships among the body’s circadian rhythms, the brain’s hypothalamus, and a mutated gene holds enormous promise of improved care for millions of people who experience migraine (three times more common in women) and familial advanced sleep phase syndrome (FASP).
Circadian Rhythm

Are We Trying to Banish Biological Time?

Can we—should we—vanquish biological time? With or without our participation the decision is already being made, argues the author.

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