July 27, 2022 – Feeling forgetful? Struggling to match names to faces lately? It doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t well or that your thinking skills are fading. You may simply not be getting enough sleep. Researchers have long known that sleep is vital to relational memory, the ability of the brain to make connections between … Read more
June 4, 2021 — “I had the weirdest dream last night.” It’s a common refrain made by people whose sleeping experiences have taken them to places that surpass the waking imagination. And that’s for good reason, says neuroscientist Erik Hoel, PhD, from Tufts University in Medford, MA. Strange dreams serve an important purpose, … Read more
The researchers gave each person a “healthy sleep score” of 0 to 5, based on the number of healthy habits they reported. Over roughly a decade, 5,221 study participants were diagnosed with heart failure — a chronic condition where the heart muscle can … Read more