Ever since Ben Franklin published “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” people have understood that there’s a strong correlation between sleep and productivity. However, in recent days the understanding of just how powerful that connection can be has increased dramatically. Study Confirms Disrupted Circadian Rhythms Hurt Memory Stanford […]
The Circadian Rhythm and Cardiovascular Disease
The understanding of the complex relationship between the circadian rhythm and cardiovascular disease has evolved over centuries of scientific observation and study. Rapid advancements during the 20th and 21st centuries helped scientists to pinpoint the biological and genetic mechanisms of the body’s clocks, all the way down to the molecular level, as well as those […]
How Shift Work Negatively Affects Our Biological Rhythms
Modern industries keep people working around the clock. Outside of the general nine-to-five grind, shift workers exist. These people work late hours, rotate their hours from week to week, or try to work on through until dawn. As they consume one cup of coffee after another to keep their REM pressure at bay, the constant […]
Maintaining a Healthy Sleep-Wake Cycle During (and After) the Holidays
With the holidays approaching and the start of the New Year within arm’s reach, keeping your normal routines can be tough. To prevent burnout that can be caused by holiday travel and the resulting disruption of your healthy sleep-wake cycle, it is key to hone in on tips to manage jet lag, diet and exercise to […]
A New Drug Resets the Internal Clock and Shortens Recovery from Jet Lag by Almost Half
A research team led by scientists from several Japanese institutions has identified a compound called Mic-628 that directly influences the body’s internal clock. Experiments showed that Mic-628 specifically activates Per1, a core gene that helps regulate the daily biorhythm in mammals. Faster Recovery from Jet lag in Animal Experiments miR-628 (also known as miRNA-628) belongs […]
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