Having different chronotypes, or being more active in the morning vs. afternoon, may play an important role in preserving muscle mass and strength, and metabolic health, according to a new study.

Being a night owl can be bad for your heart. That may sound surprising but a large study found people who are more active ...

Get some morning light, when possible, for 20 to 30 minutes. Exposure to bright light first thing in the morning helps ...

Researchers have long divided humanity into two simple camps: the early risers and the late sleepers. You were either a ...

The researchers discovered there were not two distinct chronotypes but five—two kinds of early birds and three kinds of night owls. One group of early birds tended to suffer from depression while ...

You’ve heard the phrase “early bird gets the worm.” According to new research, the early bird may also get a lower risk of heart disease. A study published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

New research suggests night owls face higher risks to heart health later in life, driven in part by sleep, smoking, and daily ...

Researchers have identified five subtypes of the "early bird" and "night owl" sleep–wake patterns, each associated with ...

The familiar labels "night owl" and "early bird," long used in sleep research, don't fully capture the diversity of human ...

You check into a hotel and toss and turn all night, but your sleep improves the following night. Scientists at Nagoya University wanted to understand why this happens. Working with mice, they have ...

The familiar labels "night owl" and "early bird," long used in sleep research, don't fully capture the diversity of human ...