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Clocks & Sleep
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 26: Association of Healthy Lifestyle with Insomnia Among Chinese Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Insomnia is common among older adults and is associated with adverse health outcomes, yet evidence on its relationship with healthy lifestyle in Chinese older adults is limited. This study included 4929 participants from the Hubei Memory and Aging...
Author: Lu Liu
Posted: May 9, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 25: Pet Co-Sleeping and Well-Being: Evidence from Two Cross-Sectional Online Surveys of Youths and Adults
While the health benefits of pet ownership are well-documented, research on co-sleeping with pets has yielded conflicting results, often contrasting objective sleep disturbances with subjective satisfaction. This study examined the association bet...
Author: Kaori Endo
Posted: May 7, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 24: Sleep Hygiene and Symptom Burden in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Sleep disturbances are common in multiple sclerosis (MS) and contribute to increased symptom burden. Behavioral sleep hygiene practices are potentially modifiable factors influencing sleep and related symptoms, yet their role in MS remains insuffi...
Author: Michalina Rzepka
Posted: April 30, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 22: The Role of Circadian Rhythm Dysregulation, Abnormal Sleep Patterns, and Sleep Disorders on the Development of Diabetes
It is noteworthy that disturbances in circadian rhythms and irregular sleep patterns can exert influence over the onset of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM). Similarly, they can impact the development of Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM). In recent decades, there has b...
Author: Hulya Merie
Posted: April 28, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 23: AI-Driven Hybrid Detection and Classification Framework for Secure Sleep Health IoT Networks
Sleep disorders, such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), narcolepsy, REM sleep behavior disorder, and circadian rhythm disturbances, represent a rapidly expanding global health burden that is strongly associated with cardiovascular, metab...
Author: Prajoona Valsalan
Posted: April 28, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 21: From Sunlight to Screens: Modeling When Light Exposure Matters Most for Sleep and Circadian Health
Understanding the effects of light on the body at different times of the 24 h solar day is a topic of increasing interest. In this paper, we use a mathematical model from the literature to simulate what would be expected of the human circadian clo...
Author: Franco Tavella
Posted: April 27, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 20: Post-Learning Offline Pauses Support Consolidation Beyond the Mind-Wandering State
Brief post-learning wakeful resting periods and local sleep mechanisms have been proposed to support offline memory consolidation processes. Mind-wandering (MW), thought to reflect the occurrence or need for local sleep, has been linked to momenta...
Author: José Costa Dias
Posted: April 17, 2026, 12:00 am
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 8, Pages 19: Light Exposure Rhythms and Sleep Organization in Adolescents: Temporal Differences Between Weekdays and Weekends in an Actigraphic Study
Light exposure is a primary zeitgeber for the human circadian system and plays a key role in shaping sleep–wake patterns during adolescence, a period marked by biological sensitivity and social constraints. How the temporal organization and ...
Author: Emilly Francianne Lamego da Silva
Posted: April 15, 2026, 12:00 am
