A new study by Stanford medical researchers has confirmed long-term hazards to our annual clock change from Standard time to ...

Abandoning the twice-per-year switch to and from daylight saving time could greatly reduce strokes and obesity cases, a new study finds.

Now, the authors of the new study have concluded that, in terms of health, adopting Daylight Saving Time in spring and then changing back to Standard Time in fall, is the worst choice.

Cortisol, your body’s ‘stress hormone,’ ramps up at any sign of stress, keeping you on high alert, even if the ‘danger’ is just a busy day. To turn down cortisol before bed, she recommends deep ...

Stanford scientists found that America’s seasonal clock changes significantly damage circadian health. Their data shows that permanent standard time could prevent millions of illnesses every year.

“If you look at the actual increased risk” of one person gaining or losing an hour of sleep, the stakes are small, said Jamie M. Zeitzer, one of the study’s authors and a professor of psychiatry and ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered there are long-term health hazards from changing the clocks twice a year—and better alternatives.

Impeding a link between the body's natural clock and the brain may help reduce neurodegeneration in mice modeling Alzheimer's ...

How our bodies break down and remove old and damaged bone tissue is linked to our inner circadian clock, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Sheffield.

During and after chemotherapy, nearly half of cancer patients endure circadian rhythm disruptions, which worsens treatment side effects. Because the body's primary rhythm pacemaker is in the brain, ...