SPOTLIGHT: CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
Why we sleep is determined by our need for rest, as determined by our sleep drive, as well as the way we are synchronized with the Earthly patterns of light and dark, rhythms which drive the life force of all living things. When our circadian rhythms fall out of sync, we pay a price for it. Learn about jet lag, early birds and night owls, circadian rhythm disorders, disorders related to shift working, and more.
This week's links were published or updated been 6.1.16 and 8.19.16.
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM BASICS
JUN 1 || SLEEP REVIEW MAGAZINE
Shedding light on dawn simulation
JUN 8 || MEDICAL XPRESS
Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness
JUN 10 || SLEEP REVIEW
Individuals Exposed to Blue Wavelength Lights Experienced Faster Reaction Times
JUN 22 || NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Delving Deeper into the Circadian Rhythms of Life
JUN 27 || METRO
Genetic researchers studying why some people don't need 8 hours of sleep
JUN 28 || HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Honeybee circadian rhythms are affected more by social interactions
JULY 7 || FARM & RANCH GUIDE
Circadian rhythms influence everyone, and farmers in particular
JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Greater Variation in Sleep Timing, Efficiency in Blind Individuals Than in Normal-Sighted
AUG 2 || INSIDE SCIENCE
Sleep Could Be An Olympic Athlete's Secret Weapon
AUG 3 || CURIOUS
I’ve got (Circadian) rhythm
AUG 4 || SLEEP REVIEW
Researchers Develop Understanding of Sleep Homeostat
AUG 5 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
New Protein Found that Helps Repress Inflammation During Sleep
AUG 5 || FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Why you're stiff in the morning: Your body suppresses inflammation when you sleep at night
AUG 5 || NPR
The Mystery Of Why Sunflowers Turn To Follow The Sun — Solved
AUG 8 || CLINICAL ONCOLOGY NEWS
Gut Bacteria Mind Their Own Clock, Respond to Melatonin
AUG 11 || UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Human brain clocks exposed: Effects of circadian clocks and sleep loss vary across brain regions, new study finds
AUG 19 || EDMONTON METRO NEWS
Alberta geneticists study link between body clocks and growth
"ZEITGEBERS" (TIME CUES)
JUN 6 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
This May Explain Why You Can’t Stop Hitting The Snooze
JUN 10 || MY 9 NJ
Your DNA determines your bedtime and why you hit the snooze button (video)
JUN 24 || HELLO GIGGLES
Study shows night owls are magical creatures who can eat junk food with no consequences
JULY 21 || DAILY HERALD
Early bird or night owl: The answer may affect your personality
AUG 5 || LIVE SCIENCE
Bad Timing: Biological Clock Linked to Infections (early birds)
AUG 19 || ALBANY STAR HERALD
15 different DNA variant[s] related with [being a] Morning Person
SLEEP DISORDERS & RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS
JUN 1 || PSYCH CENTRAL
Abnormal Circadian Rhythm May Disrupt Brain Chemicals in Bipolar Disorder
Circadian rhythm disruption
JUN 2 || HINDUSTAN TIMES
Shift changes not only affect sleep but also put you at risk of a stroke
Shift work disorder
JUN 6 || THE JOURNAL
There may be a cure for jet-lag and tiredness from shift-work
Shift work disorder + jet lag
JUN 7 || SLEEP REVIEW
Insights Into How Cancer Rewires Circadian Rhythms
Circadian rhythm disruption
JUN 7 || WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Benefits to timing chemotherapy to body's 'awake' time
Circadian rhythm disruption
JUN 28 || JOURNALISTS RESOURCE
Drowsy driving and car crashes: How night-shift work contributes to traffic dangers
Shift work disorder
JULY 1 || THE GUARDIAN
Can't focus? Maybe it's your body clock
Circadian rhythm disruption
JULY 1 || SLEEP
Intermittent Short Sleep Results in Lasting Sleep Wake Disturbances and Degeneration of Locus Coeruleus and Orexinergic Neurons (abstract only)
Intermittent short sleep
JULY 13 || DOVE PRESS
Editorial: How to reduce circadian misalignment in rotating shift workers (click on PDF to download and read full editorial)
Shift work disorder
JULY 28 || MIT NEWS
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk
Shift work disorder
JULY 30 || RELIAWIRE
Circadian Clock Disruption Linked With Tumor Growth
Circadian rhythm disruption
AUG 3 || DAILY MAIL
A good sleep can beat back pain - thanks to the 24-hour clock in the spine: Discs can cause agony if they get out of sync
The body clock and pain
AUG 4 || THE ATLANTIC
Why Napping Can't Replace a Good Night's Rest
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
AUG 5 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Should Night-Shift Nurses Nap at Work?
Shift work disorder
AUG 10 || SLEEP SCIENCE
Loss of melatonin daily rhythmicity is associated with delirium development in hospitalized older adults
Dementia
LIGHT POLLUTION & SLEEP
JUN 13 || METROPOLIS
Why Light Matters: Designing with Circadian Health in Mind
JUN 13 || SCIENCE ALERT
A third of us can’t see the Milky Way anymore, and it’s messing with our health
JUN 24 || SLEEP REVIEW
AMA Adopts Community Guidance to Reduce the Harmful Effects, Such As Melatonin Suppression, of High Intensity Street Lighting
JUN 26 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
The problem of light pollution and sleep
JULY 12 || FUTURE STRUCTURE
New Atlas Shows Extent of Light Pollution – What Does it Mean for our Health?
JULY 15 || KILL SCREEN
Video games and the end of sleep
JULY 21 || BRADENTON HEALTH
Lakewood Ranch asks LED bidders to avoid blue light
JULY 21 || KATU
Shine a little light: Are Portland's new LED streetlights bad for your health?
JUL 29 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
The Amount Of Light In Your Bedroom Could Up Your Obesity Risk
AUG 2 || QUARTZ
Sleeping with your light on could mess with your body clock and accelerate aging
AUG 5 || MED PAGE TODAY
PMR Symptoms Follow Circadian Pattern: Symptoms correlate with levels of inflammatory cytokines
AUG 9 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
Effects Of Screen Time On Adult Sleep
AUG 10 || UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
Plenty of light during daytime reduces the effect of blue light screens on night sleep
AUG 12 || GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT
Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?
AUG 12 || WELL (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Excess Light Exposure May Take Toll on Muscles and Bones
AUG 17 || WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES
Star Light, Star Bright, Can You See the Stars Tonight?
JET LAG
JUN 3 || BUSTLE
How To Adjust To A Time Change While Traveling With 11 Helpful Tips
JUN 6 || MEDICINE NET
What is jet lag?
JUN 14 || REDEYE CHICAGO
Study: Traveling to the West Coast makes sports teams suck
JUN 30 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
Here’s How You Get Better Sleep While On An International Travel
JULY 12 || PHYS.org
Mathematical models explain east-west asymmetry of jet lag recovery
JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Why Sleep Training Should Be Part of Sports Teams’ Winning Traditions
JULY 13 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
Neuroscience Mathematical models explain east-west asymmetry of jet lag recovery
AUG 3 || FOX NEWS HEALTH
Does jet lag make you hungry?
AUG 4 || STONE HEARTH NEWSLETTER
Jet lag and cancer
AUG 9 || CHEAT SHEET
The Effects of Jet Lag: 6 Things it Does to Your Body
JUN 1 || SLEEP REVIEW MAGAZINE
Shedding light on dawn simulation
JUN 8 || MEDICAL XPRESS
Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness
JUN 10 || SLEEP REVIEW
Individuals Exposed to Blue Wavelength Lights Experienced Faster Reaction Times
JUN 22 || NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Delving Deeper into the Circadian Rhythms of Life
JUN 27 || METRO
Genetic researchers studying why some people don't need 8 hours of sleep
JUN 28 || HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Honeybee circadian rhythms are affected more by social interactions
JULY 7 || FARM & RANCH GUIDE
Circadian rhythms influence everyone, and farmers in particular
JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Greater Variation in Sleep Timing, Efficiency in Blind Individuals Than in Normal-Sighted
AUG 2 || INSIDE SCIENCE
Sleep Could Be An Olympic Athlete's Secret Weapon
AUG 3 || CURIOUS
I’ve got (Circadian) rhythm
AUG 4 || SLEEP REVIEW
Researchers Develop Understanding of Sleep Homeostat
AUG 5 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
New Protein Found that Helps Repress Inflammation During Sleep
AUG 5 || FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Why you're stiff in the morning: Your body suppresses inflammation when you sleep at night
AUG 5 || NPR
The Mystery Of Why Sunflowers Turn To Follow The Sun — Solved
AUG 8 || CLINICAL ONCOLOGY NEWS
Gut Bacteria Mind Their Own Clock, Respond to Melatonin
AUG 11 || UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Human brain clocks exposed: Effects of circadian clocks and sleep loss vary across brain regions, new study finds
AUG 19 || EDMONTON METRO NEWS
Alberta geneticists study link between body clocks and growth
"ZEITGEBERS" (TIME CUES)
JUN 22 || KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
Is 'when we eat' as important as 'what we eat'?
JULY 6 || US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
CHRONOTYPES Is 'when we eat' as important as 'what we eat'?
JULY 6 || US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
JULY 9 || THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
JULY 12 || FAST COMPANY
JULY 23 || THE COURIER-MAIL
JULY 23 || PHYS.org
JULY 29 || TECH INSIDER
JUN 6 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
This May Explain Why You Can’t Stop Hitting The Snooze
JUN 10 || MY 9 NJ
Your DNA determines your bedtime and why you hit the snooze button (video)
JUN 24 || HELLO GIGGLES
Study shows night owls are magical creatures who can eat junk food with no consequences
JULY 21 || DAILY HERALD
Early bird or night owl: The answer may affect your personality
AUG 5 || LIVE SCIENCE
Bad Timing: Biological Clock Linked to Infections (early birds)
AUG 19 || ALBANY STAR HERALD
15 different DNA variant[s] related with [being a] Morning Person
SLEEP DISORDERS & RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS
JUN 1 || PSYCH CENTRAL
Abnormal Circadian Rhythm May Disrupt Brain Chemicals in Bipolar Disorder
Circadian rhythm disruption
JUN 2 || HINDUSTAN TIMES
Shift changes not only affect sleep but also put you at risk of a stroke
Shift work disorder
JUN 6 || THE JOURNAL
There may be a cure for jet-lag and tiredness from shift-work
Shift work disorder + jet lag
JUN 7 || SLEEP REVIEW
Insights Into How Cancer Rewires Circadian Rhythms
Circadian rhythm disruption
JUN 7 || WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Benefits to timing chemotherapy to body's 'awake' time
Circadian rhythm disruption
JUN 28 || JOURNALISTS RESOURCE
Drowsy driving and car crashes: How night-shift work contributes to traffic dangers
Shift work disorder
JULY 1 || THE GUARDIAN
Can't focus? Maybe it's your body clock
Circadian rhythm disruption
JULY 1 || SLEEP
Intermittent Short Sleep Results in Lasting Sleep Wake Disturbances and Degeneration of Locus Coeruleus and Orexinergic Neurons (abstract only)
Intermittent short sleep
JULY 13 || DOVE PRESS
Editorial: How to reduce circadian misalignment in rotating shift workers (click on PDF to download and read full editorial)
Shift work disorder
JULY 28 || MIT NEWS
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk
Shift work disorder
JULY 30 || RELIAWIRE
Circadian Clock Disruption Linked With Tumor Growth
Circadian rhythm disruption
AUG 3 || DAILY MAIL
A good sleep can beat back pain - thanks to the 24-hour clock in the spine: Discs can cause agony if they get out of sync
The body clock and pain
AUG 4 || THE ATLANTIC
Why Napping Can't Replace a Good Night's Rest
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
AUG 5 || MEDSCAPE MULTISPECIALTY
Should Night-Shift Nurses Nap at Work?
Shift work disorder
AUG 10 || SLEEP SCIENCE
Loss of melatonin daily rhythmicity is associated with delirium development in hospitalized older adults
Dementia
LIGHT POLLUTION & SLEEP
JUN 13 || METROPOLIS
Why Light Matters: Designing with Circadian Health in Mind
JUN 13 || SCIENCE ALERT
A third of us can’t see the Milky Way anymore, and it’s messing with our health
JUN 24 || SLEEP REVIEW
AMA Adopts Community Guidance to Reduce the Harmful Effects, Such As Melatonin Suppression, of High Intensity Street Lighting
JUN 26 || SLEEP RESOLUTIONS
The problem of light pollution and sleep
JULY 12 || FUTURE STRUCTURE
New Atlas Shows Extent of Light Pollution – What Does it Mean for our Health?
JULY 15 || KILL SCREEN
Video games and the end of sleep
JULY 21 || BRADENTON HEALTH
Lakewood Ranch asks LED bidders to avoid blue light
JULY 21 || KATU
Shine a little light: Are Portland's new LED streetlights bad for your health?
JUL 29 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
The Amount Of Light In Your Bedroom Could Up Your Obesity Risk
AUG 2 || QUARTZ
Sleeping with your light on could mess with your body clock and accelerate aging
AUG 5 || MED PAGE TODAY
PMR Symptoms Follow Circadian Pattern: Symptoms correlate with levels of inflammatory cytokines
AUG 9 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
Effects Of Screen Time On Adult Sleep
AUG 10 || UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
Plenty of light during daytime reduces the effect of blue light screens on night sleep
AUG 12 || GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT
Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?
AUG 12 || WELL (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Excess Light Exposure May Take Toll on Muscles and Bones
AUG 17 || WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES
Star Light, Star Bright, Can You See the Stars Tonight?
JET LAG
JUN 3 || BUSTLE
How To Adjust To A Time Change While Traveling With 11 Helpful Tips
JUN 6 || MEDICINE NET
What is jet lag?
JUN 14 || REDEYE CHICAGO
Study: Traveling to the West Coast makes sports teams suck
JUN 30 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
Here’s How You Get Better Sleep While On An International Travel
JULY 12 || PHYS.org
Mathematical models explain east-west asymmetry of jet lag recovery
JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Why Sleep Training Should Be Part of Sports Teams’ Winning Traditions
JULY 13 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
Neuroscience Mathematical models explain east-west asymmetry of jet lag recovery
AUG 3 || FOX NEWS HEALTH
Does jet lag make you hungry?
AUG 4 || STONE HEARTH NEWSLETTER
Jet lag and cancer
AUG 9 || CHEAT SHEET
The Effects of Jet Lag: 6 Things it Does to Your Body
