Archives: Morning Breakouts

Although an extra hour of sleep may seem like a luxury, it can throw off your sleep patterns for the upcoming week, wreaking havoc on your circadian rhythms. Meanwhile, the importance of sleep is once again re-emphasized with new findings about how the brain at night clears out toxins that can lead to Alzheimer's.

Opioids are being replaced by methamphetamines in areas of the country, but treatment centers are struggling to help patients because they get their money primarily for opioid treatments. Meanwhile, police try to figure out ways to better determine whether behavior is due to illicit drug use or mental health issues.

As firefighters work tirelessly to contain the wildfires in California, the conversation again focuses on new threats to their health -- such as chemicals being released from the flames.

The measles virus creates "immune amnesia," leaving children vulnerable to illness for years after they've been infected. "This goes under the radar" because doctors wouldn't necessarily connect a child's pneumonia to measles they suffered a year earlier, said Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard's school of public health. "But would they have gotten it if they hadn't gotten measles?"