Despite our feverish obsession with health hacks, one vital component, regardless of how many times it’s reiterated, often gets overlooked—sleep. The coveted recommendation of clocking six to eight ...

UC San Diego PhD student Varun Viswanath is the paper's corresponding author. The researchers analyzed data from the Oura ring, a smart wearable that tracks temperature, sleep and other information.

A sweeping international study has uncovered compelling links between sleep patterns and disease risk. Drawing on data from ...

sleep doctor and assistant clinical professor at Keck School of Medicine of USC “For most of human history, we didn’t get all our sleep in one go,” says Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep ...

Over 70 million Americans wear digital activity trackers (DATs) to record their sleep, steps and heart rate. A new study from ...

In 2026, your health and wellness goals might be more reachable with AI, if you can get a handle on your health data.

Unhealthy sleep patterns and shorter sleep duration are correlated with increased obesity risk in American adults. Sleep pattern scoring provides a more comprehensive predictive indicator for obesity ...

New research suggests splitting sleep into night and daytime naps can boost memory and reduce sleep pressure, offering benefits comparable to continuous sleep. This biphasic approach provides ...

A new study shows that people who have irregular sleep patterns may have a greater chance of developing dementia than those who have more regular sleep patterns. When sleep becomes irregular, the ...

Google announced today that Fitbit is introducing a new premium feature called “Sleep Profile,” which will offer users a new longitudinal analysis of sleep patterns while making sleep data easier to ...