Sleep and Health Education Program at Harvard

01/30/2026

Do you have to wake up early to get to work? Maybe you have early morning shift work disorder. If so, a new study shows that a medication may improve your alertness.

Mass General Brigham researchers found that solriamfetol helped early morning shift workers with shift work disorder stay more alert.

01/24/2026

The Sleep Matters Initiative at Brigham and Women's Hospital is collaborating with the American Heart Association to increase our understanding of the links between sleep, sodium intake and hypertension.

DALLAS, January 22, 2026— Poor-quality sleep, high sodium intake and hypertension are three widespread health concerns affecting millions of people in the United States — and new evidence suggests they are more interconnected than previously understood....

09/16/2025

Wonderful article on the need for sleep by Dr. Elizabeth Klerman

Elizabeth Klerman, MD/PhD ’90, a professor at Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) Department of Neurology, and a faculty affiliate of Harvard Medical School’s (HMS) Division of Sleep Medicine, contends we’re almost certainly not getting enough rest, we probably don’t know how tired we a...

06/25/2025

If you use melatonin, are you getting what you paid for?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/06/25/melatonin-children-sleep-fda-study/?

An FDA study of 110 melatonin supplements marketed for children found doses ranged from 0 to 667 percent of the amount on the label.

06/25/2024

Use of new weight loss drugs in persons with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity lead to improvement in both sleep apnea and obesity.

Eli Lilly on Friday said its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound helped resolve moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in up to 52% of patients in two late-stage trials.

04/20/2024

New Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
--Weight loss drug decreases OSA severity in clinical trials.

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03/11/2024

Springing ahead is not good for your health.

That hour time change when we "spring forward" can disrupt your body's sleep pattern and your mental health.

08/29/2023

Melatonin use on the rise and that may not be good
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/health/melatonin-overuse-wellness/index.html

08/14/2023

A study evaluating commercially available sleep trackers is now recruiting!

Click here for more info: https://rally.massgeneralbrigham.org/study/sleeptrackerstudy

07/07/2023

Lack of sleep negates benefits of exercise.

Physical exercise is good for cognitive health, but a new study finds that if it’s combined with poor sleep, those benefits may disappear.

06/14/2023

"Junk food may be bad for sleep"
A recent study showed that diets that are high in fats and sugar negatively affect deep sleep.

A new study directly comparing the impact of a junk food diet and a healthy diet on sleep has found that the former negatively affects deep sleep quality, potentially placing health at risk.

04/26/2023

Does ma*****na help sleep? Perhaps not.

Many people turn to ma*****na to help them sleep, but emerging research is questioning that assumption.