Your sleep tracker might give you information about more than just your sleep -- specifically, it might give you information about chronic conditions such as diabetes and sleep apnea, and illnesses ...

Early birds and night owls are the best-known ' chronotypes ' – profiles that describe when during the day a person is most ...

Different people may experience one of five types of sleep, and these profiles each highlight how our shut-eye affects our health. Previous research has found associations between sleep and cognition, ...

Scientists have discovered five different types of sleep in humans, each with its own distinct brain activity pattern and impacts on health and behaviour, an advance that could lead to new depression ...

The Sleep Sprinter, the 3 a.m. Doomscroller, the Human Snooze Button — we’re all familiar with these archetypes of sleep deprivation. You probably already know that inadequate sleep can raise your ...

Your sleep tracker might give you information about more than just your sleep–specifically, it might give you information about chronic conditions such as diabetes and sleep apnea, and illnesses such ...

Irregular sleep duration was associated with a higher risk for diabetes in middle-aged to older adults in a new UK Biobank study. The analysis of more than 84,000 participants with 7-day accelerometry ...

Consistent sleep could be the key to preventing type 2 diabetes. That’s according to Boston researchers, who found that people with irregular sleep patterns had a higher risk of developing type 2 ...

That tendency to stay up late might be affecting more than just your morning mood. Growing research suggests your natural sleep chronotype, whether you’re an early bird or night owl, could ...

UC San Diego PhD student Varun Viswanath is the paper's corresponding author. The researchers analyzed data from the Oura ring, a smart wearable that tracks temperature, sleep and other information.