Jesper Bengtson
The unseen damage a lack of deep sleep does to your synapses
In sleeping mice, researchers watched a hormone fire from a specific brain switch, and traced what it does across the body.
Losing sleep may make your muscles give out sooner, and here’s why
Researchers watched the brains of sleep-deprived athletes during a simple arm hold and found the quit signal came from somewhere unexpected.
Breast cancer is now deadlier in rural America than in cities, and the gap keeps growing
A map that once looked reassuring for women facing a diagnosis has quietly flipped the other way.
Eating after dinner may raise your liver disease risk by up to 30%
The clock on your kitchen wall may matter for your liver as much as what sits on your plate.
Is eating too much protein actually bad for you? Here is what the evidence says
The warning that extra protein wears down your kidneys has shaped a generation of plates, and new research keeps nudging that story elsewhere.
Too much sleep could be a warning sign for kidney issues in type 2 diabetes
The usual advice is to sleep more, but new research in people with type 2 diabetes points the other way.