Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan have used theoretical physics to discover how our biological clock ...

Our bodies follow a natural 24-hour cycle known as the circadian rhythm that influences everything from sleep to metabolism. While scientists have long known that certain core circadian clock genes ...

Humans and most other organisms have internal biological clocks that track the daily cycle of sunrise and sunset. These ...

While the future of daylight saving time is being considered federally and in some states, Coloradans will be setting clocks back by one hour this weekend, a ritual that could affect the circadian ...

Study: Daily glucocorticoids promote glioblastoma growth and circadian synchrony to the host. Image Credit: crystal light / Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Cancer Cell, scientists ...

What’s the big idea? If you are dancing and can’t catch the beat, you are not dancing well. In this way, if your sleep doesn’t follow a regular pattern that matches your biological beat, then you are ...

You go to bed at the same time every night but still feel exhausted in the morning. You crash at 3 PM daily despite getting eight hours of sleep. You lie awake staring at the ceiling when you should ...

ONE of the most important characteristics of biological rhythms is their independence of temperature. Even the mammal may display a wide range of body temperatures, so that any hypothetical ...

Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is an especially serious heart arrhythmia related to weak or undetectable electrical activity. PEA can be a precursor to sudden cardiac death, so its symptoms ...

While medication is a cornerstone of treatment for bipolar disorder, complementary approaches can make those meds more effective and reduce the intensity and frequency of bipolar cycles. That's where ...

Circadian rhythms are the cycles that tell the body when to sleep, wake, and eat—the biological and psychological processes that oscillate in predictable patterns each day. This internal clock is ...