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Autistic children under 6 fell asleep later, woke later and slept a little less than typically developing children of the same age, according to a 2026 study from Guangzhou, China.1 Parents …
Read articleA 299-person remote randomized trial found that 10 min of daily focused-attention meditation reduced anxiety and mind wandering more than waitlist control, with the strongest gains among adu…
Read articleA 2026 total-body tau-PET study of 28 people with Alzheimer’s disease and 23 biomarker-negative controls found stronger brain-organ network connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease than in biomar…
Read articleAuditory targeted memory reactivation during a 2-hour nap did not improve motor retention in 20 Parkinson’s disease patients or 20 healthy older adults, even though the same cues changed sle…
Read articleA 2026 eNeuro analysis of 163 people ages 3.5–24.7 found that wake EEG amplitude behaved like a sleep-pressure marker, but wake alpha-density changed in opposite directions across developmen…
Read articleWhat CBT-I involves, how it compares with sleep medication, and what a self-help book trial found. Evidence, uncertainty, and practical questions.
Read articleSleep and inflammation have long been topics of scientific inquiry, with a growing body of evidence underscoring their intricate relationship. The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), a…
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