Syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being. nambitomo/iStock via Getty Images Plus Anyone who has suffered from jet lag or struggled after ...

Clocks existed long before smart watches and ticking timepieces. Our circadian rhythm, the internal clock driving most organisms — from bacteria to humans — is an ancient biological function that ...

We all know that our body has an "internal clock" which determines when various daily biological processes take place. Problems can occur, however, if that clock is out of sync with the actual time of ...

Key Takeaways Circadian rhythms might be linked to dementiaPeople with a weak body clock had a more than doubled risk of ...

The blood test could be a breakthrough in circadian rhythm research Can a blood test tell what time it is in your body? Scientists at Northwestern University think so. In a study published Monday in ...

With a new blood test, researchers can determine the state of the internal clock of a person. Once the internal rhythm of patient is known, drugs could be administered at particular times of day ...

Sleep, and the fact that studies show many of us don’t get enough of it, has been widely discussed in the mainstream media as a primary contributor to health issues, and in business media as a ...

Ah, daylight-saving time, that point in the year when — because of what almost seems like a joke by Ben Franklin — we shift our clocks forward an hour. Not all states or countries observe the time ...

Just how it works is not known, but human beings have an internal clock which enables us to perceive and estimate periods of time subconsciously. A research team has demonstrated that this mental time ...

Factory workers make soft toys at a plant in China's Jiangsu province. Shift workers with long and erratic hours may be more susceptible to catching viruses, University of Cambridge researchers said.

A new blood test can determine what time it is inside your body. Researchers at Northwestern University found that certain genes are expressed based on what time a person's internal clock thinks it is ...