It’s a problem that affects almost everyone – from someone attempting their first 5K to elite endurance athletes.
Articles on Fatigue
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Overlooking the key causes of fatigue may mean missing important opportunities to support teenage girls’ health and wellbeing.
Food, fluids, sleep and time can all be useful strategies for bouncing back after a workout.
World Cup interceptions reveal how the brain predicts movement, how the body responds and what changes when fatigue sets in.
Elite teams plan for heat, recovery and warning signs. Workplaces expecting effort during heatwaves need the same kind of thinking.
Driving is a complex task, neurologically speaking. Two experts explain what driving does to your brain, and how you can stay alert on the road.
What’s for dinner? That’s a tough decision to make, especially when you’re hungry, tired or overwhelmed with options.
Period pain can be crippling, but could exercise help relieve it? A reproductive health expert explains.
Your 40s can feel more exhausting than your 60s. The reason isn’t inevitable decline, but a clash between biology and peak life demand.
Across the UK and Europe, campaign groups are pushing for limits on fossil-fuel ads in public spaces. But even counter-climate ads can trigger fatigue.
Unwinding can be hard during the holidays for many reasons. Building in time to recharge through active leisure can help.
The current system − daylight saving time and early school start times − wastes billions while causing more car accidents, workplace injuries and health issues.
Many Americans are deficient in vitamin D, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids, all of which affect energy levels.
Conditions such as long COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease and meningitis can damage the line of communication between your brain and your muscles.
It’s normal to wake up several times during the night, even if you don’t remember it. But feeling sleepy during the day could be a sign there’s something else going on.
One clue is the nature of pain and its powerful effect on our thoughts and behaviours.
Whether you’re ascending to high altitudes for casual travel or for adventure tourism, there are specific strategies to help you acclimate and reduce the likelihood of altitude sickness.
Setting specific, hard-to-reach goals seems to help people maintain motivation, while preventing them from feeling as drained by mental tasks.
These findings may provide insights into better ways of managing long COVID.
While symptoms can be subtle, untreated Hashimoto’s can cause long-term problems with your heart, memory and fertility.
Top contributors
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Fellow, Sleep & Chronobiology Laboratory, Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre, Adelaide University
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Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor, Economics, Wayne State University
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Research Professor and Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, STEM | Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University
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Professor and Dean, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
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Doctoral researcher, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor, ESSEC
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Genetics, Sheffield Hallam University
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Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University
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Human Factors PhD Student, University of Aberdeen