How small changes support sleep and daily rest
A double-blind clinical trial from Anhui Medical University, published in Scientific Reports in 2025 (study in Scientific reports 2025), explored how non-invasive brain stimulation can support rest in people with chronic insomnia. Fifty-five adults participated for ten days, receiving transcranial stimulation sessions or placebo. The results […]
Getting a better night’s sleep every night according to brain science
Waking up refreshed is an art that is cultivated while we sleep. A study in Scientific Reports 2025, conducted in China with a 55-person, double-blind design, explored how gentle brain stimulation during the day can promote night-time sleep and rest. After 10 days of intervention, those who received real stimulation over the prefrontal cortex […]
Sleep and rest in balance: science, routine and microbiota
A recent clinical trial from the University of East Anglia, published in Food & Function 2025, invites us to look at sleep as a biological art. For four weeks, 52 older adults with sleep difficulties took either a standardised extract of saffron or a placebo daily. The result: those who received saffron experienced a significant improvement […]
