To many people, one of the most dreaded consequences of living to an old age is Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The older we get, the higher our risk of developing AD. Indeed, nearly half of all people that live past 85 years old have some degree of AD. AD is the most common cause of memory […]
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Night Owls Unite (My Life with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder, Part II)
Advocating For Policy Changes Night owls have organized and our ranks are growing. Groups like the Circadian Sleep Disorders Network and B-Society are advocating for people with late chronotypes – building awareness of flexible work and school schedules, reducing stigma, and increasing federal funding for sleep research. Late chronotypes (“night owls”) are awake when most […]
Failing in the Arctic night
…..or should that be ‘Arctic’? So here I am at 5pm failing to get work done in my Tromsø office (69N). It is dark outside and has been for what seems like forever. I last saw the Sun on 20th November, and now, on a good day, a blueish orange pinky glow over the hills […]
Chronobiology on the COVID-19 frontlines
This is the first post in a new series titled “Meet a chronobiologist“. These posts provide a brief look in to the work of prominent chronobiologists from their perspective. In this inaugural video blog, we asked Allison Brager about her journey to becoming a chronobiologist, how she became involved in the COVID-19 frontlines in New […]
Why we should let the sun set on Daylight Saving Time
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recently published a position statement, aligned with the European Sleep Research Society, European Biological Rhythms Society, and Society for Research on Biological Rhythms’ position, calling for the abolishment of daylight saving time (DST) in favor of the maintenance of standard time year-round. While many people feel that ending the […]
