If the first thing you do in the morning is reach for your bedside box of tissues to blow your streaming nose – or you find yourself constantly sniffing – listen up.Dr Claudia Pastides, a GP for online doctor service Babylon GP, tells HuffP…

Getting enough sleep at night may help curb people’s risk for getting Covid-19, as well as for developing more severe illness, new research suggests.The study included more than 2,800 frontline health care workers in six countries who were r…

Anyone who’s woken up at 3am with their stomach growling has probably wondered, what gives? Is it even normal to be this hungry at this hour? Hunger levels, which are regulated in part by our circadian rhythms, generally rise throughout the …

It happens to the best of us. Our hunger demons come to life in the evening, telling us we absolutely need a bowl of pasta before bedtime. Or maybe your friend makes a dinner reservation (back when we did such things) for 8pm.While eating late can fee…

If there’s one thing that’s become clear as the pandemic has stretched on, it’s that there’s a lot to be explored in the relationship between Covid-19 and poor sleep.We already knew the two were linked. An analysis of slee…

Morning or midday exercise can boost energy, improve mental focus and cultivate consistency ― all perks that extend beyond your sweat session. Are there similar advantages to working out at night?Nighttime fitness has its fair share of benefits. That …

We’re often told we need to get eight hours sleep a night, but less focus is put on the quality of the sleep you’re getting – and how deeply you’re sleeping. Sleep is made up of three parts: light sleep, deep sleep and dre…

The vast majority of people are on their smartphones until it’s time to go to bed ― and many people are on their phones even in bed. According to a 2019 study by Common Sense Media, 61% of parents are on their phone within the half an hour b…

For years, we’ve been told how detrimental a lack of sleep can be for our mental and physical health. (Think: weakened immune function, low mood and impaired cognitive performance, while also putting you at increased…

Sick of your sheets being stolen and incessant snoring from your partner? It might be time to consider a “sleep divorce.”For many of us, getting a good night’s rest is a nightly challenge ― and the pandemic has only made things worse…

Plants are a lot smarter than we once thought. While a bedtime alarm is there to wake humans up in the morning – for plants it may be a matter of life or death, new research suggests.Scientists studied the arabidopsis flower – a member of …