Sleep Deprivation

From low-pressure relaxation to misplaced sleep cues, expert decodes why the brain winds down on the couch but wakes up in bed, and share simple ways to fix the cycle

Doctors warn that chronic sleep deprivation disrupts hormones, weakens immunity, affects mood and fuels long-term heart strain - making poor sleep far more damaging than most people realise

Diwali festivities may lift the spirit but can disrupt your sleep as well. Here's how to realign your body's internal clock and feel refreshed again

From restless nights to oversleeping, irregular sleep habits make your brain age faster, raising the risk of forgetfulness, cognitive decline, and even dementia, says a new study

Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported and became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The new details of Abrego Garcia's incarceration in El Salvador were added to a lawsuit against the Trump administration that Abrego Garcia's wife filed in Maryland federal court after he was deported. The Trump administration has asked a federal judge in Maryland to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that it is now moot because the government returned him to the United States as ordered by the court.

Late-night scrolling isn't laziness, it's rebellion. Read on to know why office-goers are sabotaging their sleep and how to reclaim rest without losing 'me time'

India's sleep crisis: 59 per cent of Indians get less than six hours of uninterrupted rest, raising serious health concerns. So, what's keeping India awake?

One simple decision - keeping our clocks aligned with the natural cycle of the Sun - could save lives, prevent accidents and improve mental well-being

Eighth annual Lancet Countdown on health and climate change report, authored by 122 global experts, found that high temperatures, drought and heavy rainfall are increasingly impacting people's health

People with poor objective sleep quality exhibit unfavourable physical health indicators, particularly elevated blood pressure, a study has found. Objective sleep quality consists not only of the total sleep duration, but also the amount of the different sleep stages, the duration of wake period, and the frequency of awakenings. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan conducted a comprehensive study involving 100 adults aged 3059 years by employing electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements to assess sleep quality for five nights at the participants' homes. Electroencephalography is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. Additionally, detailed health examinations were conducted at a health care facility in Tokyo. Ten sleep parameters derived from the EEG data collected during the five-night home study were used to categorise participants into three groupsnamely, the good sleep group (comprising 39 participants), the intermed

Air pollution, heat, and high levels of carbon dioxide and ambient noise may all adversely affect our ability to get a good night's sleep, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Sleep Health, is one of the first to measure multiple environmental variables in the bedroom and analyse their associations with sleep efficiencythe time spent sleeping relative to the time available for sleep. The researchers found that in a group of 62 participants tracked for two weeks with activity monitors and sleep logs, higher bedroom levels of air pollution (particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in size or PM2.5), carbon dioxide, noise, and temperature were all linked independently to lower sleep efficiency. "These findings highlight the importance of the bedroom environment for high-quality sleep," said study lead author Mathias Basner, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, US. In addition to work and family obligations that compete with sleep for time, a quick

In a loud wake-up call, a new survey has claimed that 61 per cent of Mumbaikars feel dozy at work and nearly 35 of them believe they suffer from the dreaded insomnia

World Sleep Day: A survey conducted on the occasion said that nearly half of Indians link snoring to obesity

Poor sleep is associated with up to seven years worth of increased heart disease risk and even premature death, according to a study. The research, published in the journal BMC Medicine, analysed data from more than 300,000 middle-aged adults from the UK Biobank. Researchers from the University of Sydney in collaboration with Southern Denmark University found that different disturbances to sleep are associated with different durations of compromised cardiovascular health later in life compared to healthy sleepers. In particular, men with clinical sleep-related breathing disorders lost nearly seven years of cardiovascular disease-free life compared to those without these conditions, and women lost over seven years, they said. The study found that even general poor sleep, such as insufficient sleep, insomnia, snoring, going to bed late, and daytime sleepiness is associated with a loss of around two years of normal heart health in men and women. "Our research shows that, over time, .

His business has accelerated three-fold as people work from home during the pandemic and are investing in their health

After 4 weeks, teens on sleep plans increased their average sleep time by about 1.2 hours a night and lost an average of 2.1 kilograms

Greater sleep irregularity was also associated with a higher 10-year risk of heart disease

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