One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is quite simple, according to Prianka Chawla, MD, Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center: Keep your distance from people who are sick. But because of ...

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Adolescents who sleep for longer -- and from an earlier bedtime -- than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers have shown. But the study of ...

A person’s sleep needs are highly individual, Holliday-Bell says. If you feel refreshed and ready for the day after nine ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) recently released a scientific statement urging doctors and individuals to pay closer attention to the many ways in which sleep can impact cardiometabolic health.

There are cognitive benefits to napping too. Research published in the Sleep journal involving 32 young adults found naps of ...

Smith, psychotherapist and author of How to be Awake (So You Can Sleep Through the Night), has identified five habits that can help you improve your sleep.

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Developing good habits and reinventing your health isn't something that's limited to New Year's resolutions. Whether you just ...