Have you heard popular advice to avoid eating at night? Have you ever been told that eating a large breakfast can actually help weight loss? Many links between internal clocks and the endocrine system have been revealed in several recently published studies in chronobiology. Some of the most recent research suggests that blood glucose levels […]
Key Mechanism in How We Fall Asleep and Wake Up Discovered: BK Channels
Researchers have discovered the exact mechanism of how mice fall asleep and wake, offering the hope of new treatment for people with sleep disorders. Millions of people suffer from sleep disorders such as insomnia, jet lag and circadian disorders. However, medicine offers few answers for these debilitating problems. This is due to the fact that there […]
Shift Work Found to Negatively Affect a Man’s Sex Life and Sperm Quality
Shift work can have a negative effect on the romantic lives of people who work nights. A new study shows it also has physical effects on the male sex life as well. It is easy to see how working nights might interfere with a person’s romantic life. Evening and night workers are away from home […]
Researchers Uncover 5 Types of Insomnia
Insomnia is one of the world’s oldest documented disorders; a devastating inability to either fall asleep or stay asleep. Although there are many medications for this illness, they are oftentimes ineffective or the side effects too serious to tolerate. Our inability to treat insomnia completely may be due to a misunderstanding of the disorder. According […]
Asthma: Symptoms Show a Circadian Rhythm
One in 12 Americans suffers from asthma, an inflammatory airway disease costing an estimated $56 billion in the United States. Not only is the rate of the disease steadily increasing, but the severity of the symptoms is on the rise as well. Treating asthma effectively is a serious challenge for doctors. However, a new discovery […]
