New data shows that preindustrial cultures have similar sleep patterns to modern ones, suggesting that sleep behavior is deeply ingrained in our genome. There are few behaviors as innate as sleep. Even the most primitive mammals have circadian rhythms that include regular hours for sleeping. However, many modern people assume that our ancestors slept better […]
Nuevos datos muestran que las culturas preindustriales tienen patrones de sueño similares a las modernas, lo que sugiere que el comportamiento del sueño está profundamente arraigado en nuestro genoma. Hay pocos comportamientos tan innatos como el sueño. Incluso los mamíferos más primitivos tienen ritmos circadianos que incluyen horas regulares para dormir. Sin embargo, muchos modernos […]
The way we sleep and amount of sleep we need changes throughout our lives to accommodate changes in our circadian rhythm as we age. Have you ever laughed at the term “sleeping like a baby”? Have you ever looked back on childhood and wondered if you slept as well as you remember? Do you know […]
La forma en que dormimos y la cantidad de sueño que necesitamos cambia a lo largo de nuestra vida para adaptarse a los cambios de nuestro ritmo circadiano a medida que envejecemos. ¿Se ha reído alguna vez de la expresión “dormir como un bebé”? ¿Alguna vez ha recordado su infancia y se ha preguntado si […]
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes have been shown to be linked repeatedly in studies. While the lifestyle changes that treat these diseases are the same, such as improving diet and increasing exercise, there has yet to be a breakthrough in finding a drug that treats both. However, a new chronopharmacology study […]
Middle-aged and older adults who tend to be more active in the evening have poorer cardiov... [Read More][weiterlesen]
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