As many travelers return from trips with souvenirs of their adventures, some also bring back an unwelcome case of jetlag. Jetlag is a sleep disorder caused by traveling across different time zones in ...

Obesity is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. Circadian rhythms are known to control both sleep timing and energy homeostasis, and disruptions in circadian rhythms have been ...

Social jetlag is the name given to the condition in which sleep patterns vary widely between workdays and weekends or holidays, with sleep deprivation on weekdays being compensated for by a lie-in on ...

Studies have found that being forced to sleep outside of your body's preferred schedule can subtly harm your health down the road. Reading time 3 minutes It’s the sort of buzzwordy phrase that you ...

I fly a lot. My work often takes me across several time zones. I travel to see clients in the USA and Australia, both a long way from my home in the U.K. and on very different latitudes. Twice a year, ...

The negative health effects of shift work have been widely reported. Working and sleeping during hours that are misaligned with the body’s circadian rhythm have been linked to poor sleep, decreased ...

Like almost all light-sensitive living beings, human beings follow biological rhythms set on a period of about 24 hours. The circadian clock therefore describes the internal system that allows us to ...