The influence of temperature changes on risk factors like hypertension is often disregarded despite extensive literature on the phenomenon. Numerous surveys and studies have documented the correlation ...

Senior woman giving informal care to her 91 year old father in his house: measuring his blood pressure and blood saturation levels Video is also available from this series. As the weather starts ...

A study expands the list of known genes with circadian variation and provides the first comprehensive list of genes with seasonal variation in each tissue. Tissues in the thoracic cavity, such as the ...

A research group has studied how seasons influence the function of the brain. Researchers showed that the length of daylight affects the opioid receptors, which in turn regulates the mood we ...

The alarm rings at 6 a.m. and you struggle to wake despite getting eight hours of sleep, a scenario your body knows all too well as winter deepens. This seasonal lethargy isn’t simply psychological ...

Researchers are reporting that the human gut microbiome may fluctuate at different times of the day and between seasons. They said that light, temperature, humidity, and pollen may play a role in ...

Using nearly a decade of satellite data, researchers show how glaciers worldwide speed up and slow down with the changing of the seasons – annual rhythms that reveal how Earth’s ice may respond to ...