To be in top form and hope to break longevity records, you should set your alarm for a specific time, like the Japanese do. Forget the grand principles of the miracle morning, which drags you out of ...

A growing body of research suggests that wake-up time influences not only productivity but also mood and quality of life. By synchronizing one's alarm with natural light, as many Japanese people do, ...

“That’s enough screen time for today,” you tell your kid, urging them to turn off the video-game console or iPad. As for what they should do instead, you are not quite sure. And what about you? If ...

Waking up is hard enough. Waking up at the exact same time every day—even on weekends, when you could be luxuriating for another hour (or three) under the covers—can feel borderline unreasonable. Yet ...

We’ve all set an early alarm with the intention of having a productive morning, whether that’s a workout, meditation or even housework. But by the time it goes off, that eagerness has usually dwindled ...

Amelia MacIntyre, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician. She is certified in osteopathic medicine. Older people still need seven or eight hours of sleep a night—similar to younger adults.