How sleep impacts your health and productivity, is it better to stay awake till late night or get up early?It unpacks the science behind chronotypes - the biological wiring that determines whether you naturally wake up early or stay up late - and...
19 Nov, 2025, 08.17 PM IST
Doing night shifts can become reason for death: 3 reason why biology says your body is not built for itNew research highlights how night shift work disrupts the body’s natural rhythm, leading to inflammation, cholesterol imbalance, and irregu...
27 Oct, 2025, 10.39 PM IST
The blue light from your phone does affect your routine, but not in the way you think: NYU neurologist busts a popular mythNYU neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki has debunked the myth that blue light “fries your brain,” stressing that timing is the real disruptor. ...
01 Oct, 2025, 03.52 PM IST
When 9 pm dinners clash with 7 am work: How urban lifestyles are dragging you and your kids into a dangerous health crisisSleeplessness is increasingly affecting teenagers, with Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome and circadian rhythm disorders becoming more common du...
20 Aug, 2025, 02.48 PM IST
What is 'social jet lag'? NASA scientists reveal why your weekend sleep-in might be wrecking your healthYou don’t need to fly across time zones to feel jet-lagged. NASA scientists say your weekend sleep-ins could be wrecking your body clock. K...
28 May, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
Will Trump kill daylight saving time? Here’s what to expect in 2025On 9 March, most Americans will set their clocks forward by an hour as daylight saving time (DST) begins. The practice, dating back to 1918...
15 Feb, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
Daylight saving time ends soon: Here is how it can impact your health, ways to prepare yourself and moreDaylight saving time ends Nov. 3, granting an extra hour of sleep but resulting in earlier darkness. The shift can affect circadian rhythms...
27 Oct, 2024, 06.28 PM IST
This common habit increases your diabetes risk by 50%; Here’s how to fix itA recent study from the Netherlands reveals that night owls have a 46% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to early risers. ...
13 Sep, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
Type 2 diabetes may shorten life expectancy up to 14 years, claims studyType 2 diabetes has a detrimental impact on a person's life expectancy, according to a study conducted by an international team of research...
04 Oct, 2023, 01.11 AM IST
Have diabetes? Spend more time out in the sunA recent study found that blood glucose levels were within the normal range (4.4-7.8 mmol/L) for longer during the natural daylight interve...
03 Oct, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
How your biological clock affects your health - all based on time of dayThere is ample evidence that your biological clock is critical to your health.
12 Jul, 2022, 04.00 PM IST
Do you work in night shifts? Here is how you can avoid health problemsThe new findings, could lead to novel behavioural interventions aimed at improving the health of shift workers -- grocery stockers, hotel w...
05 Dec, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
- 3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine for decoding body clock
Stockholm, Oct 2 (IANS) Three American scientists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for unravelling secrets of how th...
02 Oct, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
- 3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine
London, Oct 2 (IANS) Three American scientists have won the the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecul...
02 Oct, 2017, 04.12 PM IST
Midnight munchies may impair memory, learningEating at times normally reserved for sleep causes a deficiency in the type of learning and memory controlled by the hippocampal area of th...
28 Dec, 2015, 06.22 PM IST