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Disruption of Circadian Rhythms Linked to Mental Health Problems

People who experience disrupted 24-hour cycles of rest and activity are more likely to have mood disorders, lower levels of happiness and greater feelings of loneliness, research suggests. While the study does not reveal whether disruptions to circadian rhythms are a...

Professor Russell Foster Contributes to BBC Health

When a recent study looked at health differences between late and early risers, it appeared to make grim reading for night owls. Increased risk of early death, psychological disorders and respiratory illness were the stark findings from the paper, which backed up...

Circadian Rhythms Influence Treatment Effects

  For three consecutive winters, starting in 2011, researchers at the University of Birmingham asked healthy men and women over the age of 65 to come in to clinics across the western Midlands in the U.K. for a seasonal influenza vaccination at specific times of...

Breast Cancer Linked to Circadian Clock

  Researchers at Texas A&M University have identified a gene that may have an impact on breast cancer; associated with the body's circadian rhythm.  Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) professor Weston Porter and his...

New Study on Effect of Night Shift Working and Gene Expression

People often struggle if they have to adjust to working the night shift, but their genes have even more trouble. According to a new study from McGill University, genes that are accustomed to daytime rhythm usually fail to adapt to nighttime rhythm, possibly...

Chronotherapy – Synchronising Drug Delivery with the Body Clock

More than four decades of studies describe how accounting for the body’s cycle of daily rhythms; the circadian clock, can influence responses to medications and procedures for everything from asthma to epileptic seizures. Research suggests that the majority of today’s...

New Research Identifies Link between Ageing and Circadian Impairment

New research at the University of Kent has identified the way age impairs the ability of the circadian clock in mammals to re-set itself when exposed to light, resulting in disruption to sleeping patterns and consequent threats to wellbeing. The study concludes that...

Why Disruption of Circadian Rhythms by Stress Leads to Weight Gain

New research provides the first molecular understanding of why people gain weight due to chronic stress; disrupted circadian rhythms and treatment with glucocorticoid drugs. It’s all in the timing of the dips and rises of a class of hormones called glucocorticoids —...

Circadian Rhythms Linked to Weight Gain by Stanford University

New research provides the first molecular understanding of why people gain weight due to chronic stress, disrupted circadian rhythms and treatment with glucocorticoid drugs. In a 21-day study in mice, the researchers found that loss of the normal circadian rhythm for...

ADHD Linked to Circadian Problems

It is estimated that 75% of individuals regardless of age that are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder also have sleep issues. Until recently it was thought that these were separate issues, scientists are proposing the theory saying much of...