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Owl be damned!

New research finds that being a night owl is bad for your mental health. Going to bed by 1 a.m. can lower your risk of developing mental and behavioral conditions such as depression and anxiety, according to a study published last month in the journal Psychiatry Research.

Researchers compared the preferred sleep timing, known as chronotype, with the actual sleep behavior of nearly 74,000 UK adults.



The researchers expected that staying true to your chronotype would be very important.

But they found that no matter your sleep preference, night owls aren’t thriving after dark.

I’m a sleep expert — this daily habit may...

Going to bed after this hour can cause mental health problems

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\"Cinco, seis, siete, ocho. Metatarso. Dos a la izquierda. Tres a la derecha.” These are the only words occupying my brain on Wednesday and Friday evenings....

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