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alcohol, Anxiety, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, menopause, Mental health, Psychology, sleep, women’s healthAnnie thought perimenopause symptoms were keeping her awake. Alcohol was playing a role too | Diane Young
When Annie* started pacing around her house at 3am and struggling to…
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consciousness, Happiness, Health, Health & wellbeing, Human biology, Life and style, Mental health, neuroscience, Psychology, Science, sleep, SocietyFour types of thinker have been identified. Which one are you?
An investigation into what people think about has put the spotlight on…
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American Journal of Psychiatry, bipolar disorder, Chronotherapy, circadian rhythms, depression, digital health, Editor Eimear Foley, fitbit, light therapy, machine learning, mental illness prevention, mood disorders, personalised medicine, Prevention, randomised controlled trial, recurrence, relapse prevention, sleep, sleep disorders, smartphone apps, wearable technologyCan a circadian rhythm app stop depression and bipolar relapse?
Mood disorders are often recurrent. For many people with depression or bipolar…
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Brain, consciousness, dream immersion, dreaming, eeg, high-density EEG, neuroscience, NREM2 sleep, sleep, sleep perception, sleep quality, sleepiness, subjective sleep depthNREM2 Dreaming Preserved Subjective Sleep Depth in 1,024 Awakenings
A 2026 PLOS Biology study using 256-electrode EEG and 1,024 NREM2 awakenings…
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agitation, Alzheimer’s, ballistocardiography, BPSD, Dementia, Emfit QS, long-term care, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Pittsburgh Agitation Scale, Psychiatry, respiratory rate, sleep, sleep monitoring, TIHM, Withings Sleep AnalyzerUnder-Mattress Sensors Predict Dementia Agitation: 333-Night Cohort
Daytime agitation in dementia fluctuates day-to-day, and a 2026 explanatory study from…
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daytime sleepiness, Drugs, GLP-1, hypersomnolence, iron deficiency, liraglutide, orexin, Ozempic, real-world cohort, semaglutide, side effects, sleep, tirzepatide, TriNetX, WegovyGLP-1 Drugs Linked to 21% Higher Daytime Sleepiness Risk
GLP-1 receptor agonists (semaglutide, liraglutide, tirzepatide) act on the brain as well…
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clinical guidelines, Drugs, evidence synthesis, Hormones, iron deficiency, obstetric care, perinatal depression, pregnancy, restless legs syndrome, sleep, sleep disorders, stepped care, Willis-Ekbom diseaseRestless Legs in Pregnancy: Stepped-Care Recommendations
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), now also called Willis-Ekbom disease (WED), is a…
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caffeine, circadian rhythm, dopamine, Drosophila, Drugs, impulsivity, inhibitory control, motor behavior, mushroom body, neuroscience, nighttime caffeine, shift work, sleepNighttime Caffeine Increased Impulsivity Through Dopamine in Fly Study
A 2025 iScience study found that nighttime caffeine increased motor impulsivity in…
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Night Swimming by Sharon Kernot review – a sharp, sexy and tremendously satisfying thriller in verse
One of the most striking aspects of Sharon Kernot’s verse novel Night…
