Happiness might seem in short supply these days as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on: “fewer faces in bigger spaces,” smaller bubbles, less socializing and last call at 10 p.m. However, that early cutoff time at the bar just might do everyone some good. A new study on sleep deprivation by University of B.C. researcher and health psychologist Nancy Sin shows that if you don’t get enough sleep, not only are the lows lower, the highs are also lower as well.

Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has made a major advance in answering this question and has shown for the first time that a dramatic change in the purpose of sleep occurs at the age of about 2-and-a-half.

Drinking at "safe" levels was shown to reduce the amount of a person's total brain tissue.

Singapore residents with an Apple Watch can use a new LumiHealth app to earn rewards of up to $380 Singapore dollars — about U.S. $280 — for activities like meditation, walks, swimming, better quality sleep, as well as public health actions like getting immunized.

Pandemic policy must include defining and measuring what we mean by mild infection.

Here's what to do if you want to create a public health crisis.

Martin Pistorius spent more than a decade unable to move or communicate, fearing he would be alone, trapped, forever. NPR's new show Invisibilia tells how his mind helped him create a new life.

A Chinese virologist who has alleged that COVID-19 was human-made in a lab in China released a report on Monday that she says backs up her explosive claim. Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a former researcher at t…

We looked at 37 studies which show eating ultra-processed foods is bad for our health. So why are we eating more of them than ever before?

Amid growing concerns that a bout of COVID-19 might damage the heart, a small study is reporting signs of an inflammatory heart condition in college athletes who had the infection. More than two dozen male and female competitive athletes at Ohio State University underwent magnetic resonance imaging of their hearts in the weeks to months after a positive test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight.

As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.

Women and children trapped in the world abuse amidst of coronavirus lockdown. (Photo: pixabay) LOOK INTO: Permanent Stress Linked to Schizophrenia Zoila, 24, no last name was provided by The Washing Post to protect her identity, said that the soft-spoken man she has moved in with became an "inescapable menace" when the quarantine happened.

Acetaminophen, one of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – could be doing a lot more than simply taking the edge off your headache, new evidence suggests.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have isolated the smallest biological molecule to date that completely and specifically neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the cause of COVID-19. This antibody component, which is 10 times smaller than a full-sized antibody, has been used to construct a drug—known as Ab8—for potential use as a therapeutic and prophylactic against SARS-CoV-2.

A new paper by anthropologists argues that disorders are responses to adversity.

The research was supported in part by donations from the Ice Bucket Challenge.

A new study published in the 'British Journal of Psychiatry' finds a link between lithium in drinking water and lower suicide levels

Experts warn that the next pandemic is just around the corner and could come from animals again. They urge governments to invest heavily in the prevention efforts to avoid history from repeating itself as COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe.

When you visit your doctor, you might assume that the treatment they prescribe has solid evidence to back it up. But you'd be wrong. Only one in ten medical treatments are supported by high-quality evidence, our latest research shows.