Category Archives: Sleep
We are one step closer to deciphering why people often crave brownies, mashed potatoes, ice cream and other high-calorie, high-fat comfort foods. UT Southwestern Medical Center-led findings, in a mouse study, suggest that ghrelin is involved in triggering this reaction … Continue reading
Young children who do not get enough sleep are at increased risk of becoming overweight, even after taking account of lifestyle factors, finds a study published online in the British Medical Journal. A team of researchers in New Zealand set … Continue reading
It’s summertime and across the country, people are flipping their pillows so they can lay their heads on the “cool side of the pillow.” Perhaps, there’s a scientific reason behind our desire to cool off our hot heads when we … Continue reading
A new study from Northwestern University shows that Night Owls are at a higher risk for weight gain and unhealthy diet than Early Birds. The reason? People who stay up late tend to eat more calories in the evening and … Continue reading
New research has found that those who work 11 hour days or more increases heart attack danger by 67 percent. Are you working yourself into an early grave? A research team from the University College Lunden studied 7000 workers over … Continue reading
