Can You Sleep Your Way to a Stronger Immune System?
Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, writes about how lifestyle factors, including sleep hygiene, can contribute to a healthier immune system.
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Sleep Apnea & Autoimmune Disease: A New Study Explores Cytokines
Researchers looked at the cytokines in three groups: adults with untreated OSA, adults with OSA who were receiving treatment, and people who did not have OSA.
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Sleep Won’t Cure the Coronavirus But It Can Help Our Bodies Fight It
Sleep can boost our immune function and help us deal with stress.
Sleep and the Immune System: Why Sleep Is Key to Staying Healthy
The author of Happiest Baby on the Block discusses why being sick and being tired go hand in hand on his blog.
Read MoreCan Stress, Loneliness and Sleep Deprivation Make You More Prone to COVID-19?
Scientists know these factors can take a toll on your immune system. In turn, they may weaken your ability to fight off the novel coronavirus, reports Discover.
Read MoreHow the Immune System is Boosted Through Sleep
As most of the country turns its focus on how to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreading, The Hartford Courant reports on how sleep can strengthen the immune system.
Read MoreThe Coronavirus Pandemic Makes World Sleep Day More Timely Than Ever Before
The arrival of World Sleep Day at the end of a week that appeared to be a tipping point in the current coronavirus pandemic is a timely reminder of the importance of restorative sleep, reports Forbes. We have always known that...
Read MoreA Good Night’s Sleep Can Help Fight Viruses
Studies have shown a clear link between sleeping well and the body’s ability to protect itself against viral pathogens. This is due to the production and release of immune-boosting proteins, which only happens during deep sleep.
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During Sleep, Immune Cells Rewire and Repair
New research shows that immune cells called microglia—which play an important role in...
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Being Sick in the Morning Can Be Different from Being Sick at Night
In a review published May 17 in the journal Trends in Immunology, researchers discuss how time of...
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How Can Circadian Rhythms Influence Immune Response?
The time of day when a patient becomes sick affects the severity of afflictions ranging from...
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New Evidence That Narcolepsy is an Autoimmune Disease
Researchers in Copenhagen have discovered autoreactive cells in people who live with narcolepsy,...
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Linking Narcolepsy to the Flu? Researchers Make Progress Identifying Molecular Mimicry
Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and colleagues ID a particular piece of H1N1 hemagglutinin flu protein...
Read MoreMistaken Identity: Influenza/Narcolepsy Autoimmunity Link Confirmed
A team led by Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, has shown that the same set of helper T cells responds angrily to both an antigen from a viral protein and an antigen from the bodily protein that’s destroyed by the immune system in...
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Bereaved Spouses with Sleep Disturbances Have Overactive Immune System Linked to Heart Disease
Sleep disturbances have a strong negative impact on the immune system of people who have recently lost a spouse, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and Rice University.
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Linking Allergies and Sleep Quality, Researchers Find REM-RDI To Be Underutilized Sleep Parameter Significantly Related to Allergic Status
A study conducted by New York Medical College finds that allergies are associated with...
Read MoreNewborn Immune Activation May Change Sleep Patterns, Impact Brain Function
Neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in epilepsy-like brain activity, reports Science...
Read MoreTime of Day Affects Severity of Autoimmune Disease
Insights into how the body clock and time of day influence immune responses are revealed in a study published in journal Nature Communications. Understanding the effect of the interplay between 24-hour day-night cycles and the...
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