These small lifestyle tweaks can add a year to your life
Taking the stairs rather than the escalator can make a big difference in the long term Jozef Polc…
What’s Actually Going On In Your Body
When you think of people with sleep apnea, maybe you picture loud, cartoonish snoring, or assume you’d know…
Fruit fly study identifies genes regulating dopamine and sleep
Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to…
Research finds persistent prescribing of risky medications to older adults with dementia
Despite years of clinical guidelines warning against the practice, one in four Medicare beneficiaries with dementia is prescribed…
AI can flag risks for more than 100 health conditions using a single night’s sleep, study shows
Published on 12/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 A new artificial intelligence (AI) model can tell whether a person is…
Real-time smartphone monitoring improves evaluation of insomnia treatment effectiveness
About one in nine adults suffer from chronic insomnia and its residual effects like drowsiness, cognitive issues, and…
Trying to Recover From Sleep Debt? This Type of Exercise May Help
The beginning of a new year can wipe the slate clean for fresh life and work goals—but if…
Ancient animals reveal sleep’s original role in maintaining brain health
A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep’s core functions originated hundreds of millions…
Brain Health Challenge: Test Your Knowledge of Healthy Habits
Welcome to the Brain Health Challenge! I’m Dana Smith, a reporter at The New York Times, and I’ll…
CEOs’ favorite apps they check first thing in the morning for success
There’s a lot of mystique around the CEO’s morning routine; each business leader has their own habit to…
Depression links to chronic headaches through weight and diet, not physical activity alone
Large population data from Iran show that body weight and iron intake help statistically explain the depression–headache link,…
Bipolar Disorder Is Not a Mood Disorder
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Stephen M. Strakowski, MD: Hello, and thank you so much for…