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Your Coffee May Lead To These Brain Changes During Sleep
And now, a study published in Communications Biology has found that caffeine, found in tea and coffee, could lead to some ...
'Orthosomnia' Might Be Ruining Your Sleep. Here's What You Should Know.
From Oura rings to mobile apps to smart mattress pads, sleep-tracking technology is abundant nowadays. These tools promise to ...
States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices
Colorado, California, and Montana have passed neural data privacy laws meant to prevent the exploitation of brain information ...
These spinal devices cost more than $50,000. A new study found they come with serious risks
An alien device resides under Marcus Barlow’s skin. Its metal wiring runs up and down his back, intertwining with delicate ...
These spinal treatments cost more than $50,000. A new study found ‘they do not work’
An alien device resides under Marcus Barlow’s skin. Its metal wiring runs up and down his back, intertwining with delicate ...
New Parkinson’s Implant Listens to Brain Waves to Treat Symptoms
Keith Krehbiel lived with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 25 years before agreeing to try a brain implant that might alleviate ...
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Smart brain-zapping implants could revolutionize Parkinson’s treatment
The next generation of deep-brain stimulation automatically corrects the precise brain waves that create symptoms of ...
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Why do people sleep? A new study points to the brain
I T IS HARD to overstate the importance of sleep. Regular hours of rest offer organisms of all sizes a chance to consolidate ...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches First-of-Its-Kind Sleep App
Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is launching the first sleep registry in the country for children using Apple Watch as ...
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How the brain wakes up from sleep — and produces that morning feeling
Certain patterns of brain activity during awakening correlate with a lower likelihood of the bleary-eyed state called ‘sleep ...
New research reveals how brain regions behave differently even when at rest
According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise ...
Why do we need sleep? Researchers find the answer may lie in mitochondria
Sleep may not just be rest for the mind—it may be essential maintenance for the body's power supply. A new study by University of Oxford researchers, published in Nature, reveals that the pressure to ...