A study conducted by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that meal times may be a greater risk factor for cardiovascular health than bedtimes. Numerous studies have shown that night work is associated with serious health risks, including for the heart. However, a new study by Mass General Brigham suggests that people could avoid the […]
Association Between Lower Proportions of Certain Sleep Phases and Brain Changes Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease
New research indicates that lower proportions of certain sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer’s disease over time. The results show that individuals with lower proportions of time spent in deep sleep and rapid eye movement sleep had lower volumes in critical brain regions, particularly in […]
New AI Model Determines Your True Biological Age Based on 5 Drops of Blood
We all know someone who seems to defy aging – people who look younger than their peers despite being the same age. What is their secret? Scientists at Osaka University (Japan) may have found a way to quantify that difference. By incorporating hormone (steroid) metabolic pathways into an AI-driven model, they have developed a new […]
Are Night Owls More Prone to Depression, Heart Disease and Metabolic Disorders?
Mindfulness, overall sleep quality and alcohol consumption could explain why people who stay up late have a higher risk of depression, according to a new study published in the open access journal PLOS One by Simon Evans of the University of Surrey, UK, and colleagues. Previous research has shown that night owls, who stay up […]
New AI Model Analyzes an Entire Night of Sleep With High Accuracy in the Largest Study of its Kind
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine have developed a powerful AI tool based on the same transformer architecture used by large language models like ChatGPT to process an entire night of sleep. To date, it is one of the largest studies, analyzing 1,011,192 hours of sleep. The model, called the Patch-Foundational-Transformer for Sleep (PFTSleep), […]
