Dozens of the party's MPs could back a Commons motion urging a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Thursday, November 16, 2023
Starbucks faces walkout at hundreds of US stores
The action comes amid a bitter labour fight between at the coffee giant.
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Joasia Zakrzewski banned for 12 months for using car in race
Ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski is banned for 12 months by UK Athletics for using a car in a race.
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Rwanda asylum plan: Fact-checking claims about the government's policies
Looking at claims about small boats and returning failed asylum seekers.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
PA lawmakers approve measure to protect students facing residency disputes
Pennsylvania lawmakers on Monday advanced a measure to keep students in their schools while officials and parents work out disputes over whether they reside in a given district.
The proposal would prohibit school districts from withdrawing a student from school until a parent has exhausted all options to prove their residency, or has declined to dispute the district’s decision.
The unanimous vote in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives sent the bill to the state Senate for its consideration.
In Pennsylvania, parents and guardians must provide documents verifying where the student lives as part of enrollment. Under current law, a child can be removed if school officials believe the student is not a resident in their district, a decision parents can appeal.
But students can get caught in the crossfire, the bill’s primary sponsor Rep. Jeanne McNeill said. A student in her district went more than a month without instruction or special education support because of one such residency dispute, the Democrat from Lehigh County said.
"When residency disputes like this occur, it is through no fault of the child and they should not suffer because of the situation," McNeill said Monday during floor debate.
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Finland accuses Russia of aiding illegal migrant crossings
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says Russian officials helped some asylum seekers reach the Finnish border.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Chicago firefighter makes 'ultimate sacrifice,' fourth line of duty loss for department this year
A Chicago firefighter who died in the line of duty Monday has been identified as Andrew Price.
Price served the Chicago Fire Department for 14 years, according to a department Facebook post. He marks the fourth line of duty loss for the department this year.
"Please keep the Price family and our CFD family in your thoughts during these challenging times," the post reads.
Price, 39, was also an EMT. He sustained serious injuries after a "bad fall" while fighting a fire in a four-story mixed occupancy building in Lincoln Park on the city's north side around 6 a.m., according to FOX 32. The building was occupied at the time, Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said during a press conference.
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Nance-Holt said Price was opening holes on the roof to ventilate the fire when he fell through a light shaft and became trapped behind a wall. Following a mayday, firefighters had to force a hole through a wall in order to extricate Price.
Price was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries.
"Unfortunately he didn't survive his injuries. Illinois Masonic, they did everything possible that they could to help our member's outcome. He sustained significant injuries and we are so very grateful to Illinois Masonic team, to the doctors and to all the team members who came and supported his family," Nance-Holt said.
Price was known as "Drew" by his colleagues since he joined CFD in March 2009. He was assigned to Truck 44 in 2015, and would have turned 40 years old in January, the department said.
"Everybody called him Drew. We knew him as Drew. We all knew Drew. Drew worked out, he was a health nut. Loved by so many and will be missed by all," Nance-Holt said.
Price will be escorted to the medical examiner today and funeral arrangements are pending.
People living in the building were forced to quickly get out.
"The hall was filled with a lot of smoke, yeah," Kaitlyn Milligan told ABC7 Chicago. "It wasn't too bad. I can still breathe in everything. It just happened so fast to where I just got my guinea pigs and I just sprinted out as fast as I could to."
Owner Benn Hamm of Lincoln Station, the bar and grill on the building's ground level seen in scene footage, discussed the damage with ABC7.
"We've been around a long time in a neighborhood where it's a revolving door of bars and grills and restaurants, so we're proud of that and we hope we can come back, but we're just trying to figure out what it looks like first I guess," Hamm said.
There are no reports of civilian injuries, but some residents will likely be displaced as investigators continue looking into how the fire started.
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Beatles' John Lennon 'shocked' Paul McCartney with concern over legacy after death
John Lennon thought about how he might be remembered once he had passed long before he was shot to death at the age of 40.
Lennon's longtime collaborator Paul McCartney shared that the Beatles singer-songwriter was worried about his legacy during an episode of the iHeart Radio podcast, "McCartney: A Life in Lyrics."
"I remember him saying to me, ‘Paul, I worry about how people are going to remember me when I die,’ and it kind of shocked me," McCartney shared in Wednesday's episode. "I said ‘OK, hold on, just hold it right there. People are going to think you were great, you’ve already done enough work to demonstrate that.'"
"I was like his priest," the musician added. "Often I’d have to say, ‘My son, you’re great, don’t worry about it,’ and he would take it. It would make him feel better."
McCartney and Lennon met in their teens at a church festival in Liverpool, England. Lennon was already a part of his own band, The Quarrymen, at the time. After meeting McCartney at the event, Lennon asked him to become a part of the group. Roughly three years later, the Beatles were formed, according to NPR.
Lennon was reportedly uncertain about the dynamics of the band when adding McCartney to the group and worried about his leadership being challenged, the outlet reported.
"I turned around right then on first meeting and said, 'Do you want to join the group?' And I think he said yes the next day," Lennon was quoted saying in "The Beatles Anthology."
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However, McCartney recalled working with Lennon as being "easier" than working alone.
"If anyone asks me, ‘What was it like to work with John?’ The fact was it was easier, much easier, because there were two minds at work. And that interplay was nothing short of miraculous," McCartney said during the podcast. "Now I’m conscious that I don’t have him, very much. And you know, often we’ll sort of refer to, ‘What would John say to this? Is this too soppy? He would’ve said da da da, so I’ll change it.'"
"But my songs have to reflect me, and you don’t have this opposing element so much. I have to do that myself these days."
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Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr created one of the most successful rock bands of all time. However, the group parted ways in 1970. McCartney has insisted that the idea to end The Beatles came from Lennon.
"I didn’t instigate the split. That was our Johnny," McCartney said during a broadcast in 2021.
At the time of the split, lawyers had been brought in and the band's manager suggested keeping the news quiet in order to close a few business deals.
"So for a few months we had to pretend," McCartney told John Wilson. "It was weird because we all knew it was the end of the Beatles but we couldn’t just walk away." McCartney later "let the cat out of the bag" because "I was fed up of hiding it".
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The Game Awards 2023: Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 top nominations
The fantasy RPG and the horror sequel square off at the "gaming Oscars" as nominations are revealed.
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Monday, November 13, 2023
Jewish school in Montreal target of gunfire for second time in a week
A Jewish school in the Canadian city of Montreal was the target of gunfire early Sunday for the second time in a matter of days, antisemitic acts the city’s mayor says cannot be accepted.
Bullets struck the Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal in Quebec city’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood, a Montreal Police spokesperson told the CBC. Officers arrived and found impact marks from gunfire on the building and shell cases nearby.
While it was unclear whether anyone was inside the building at the time, no injuries were reported. Police said no arrests have been made.
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante wrote on X that such acts of violence will not be accepted in the city.
"The @SPVM is fully mobilized to shed light on this event and find the culprits," the mayor wrote. "We absolutely must combat anti-Semitism. All Montrealers have the right to feel safe."
Yeshiva Gedola and the Talmud Torah Elementary School were both the targets of gunfire on Wednesday night, police previously said.
In both instances, police say the callers said the front doors of the buildings had been struck by bullets, but nobody was inside the facilities at the time and there were no injuries, according to the CBC.
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Another incident occurred last week at Concordia University in Montreal during an altercation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian supporters that left three injured.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called the unrest "unacceptable."
"I understand that people are so profoundly disturbed by what they see happening there," Trudeau said, according to Reuters.
But he added that "violence, hate, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and scenes such as the ones we saw in Concordia University or shots fired at Jewish schools overnight -- all of that is unacceptable."
Fox News’ Greg Norman contributed to this report.
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These are the worst drinks for your health, according to nutritionists
Before you hit the coffee shop or order a cocktail at dinner, think twice.
Note that additives and sugar may be lurking in some of your favorite drinks, and nutritionists are weighing in about which beverages to avoid if you're looking to put your health first.
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Read on for important nutritional and health-focused insights regarding many popular drinks.
Kylie Ivanir, a New York-based registered dietitian who runs her own private practice called Within Nutrition, said pre-workout drinks and energy drinks can lead to "increased blood pressure, stress and compromised sleep," since they contain excess caffeine and stimulants.
"Other side effects of excess stimulants found in pre-workout and energy drinks are headaches and nausea," she told Fox News Digital.
"Pre-workout and energy drinks also contain artificial sweeteners and flavors, which disrupt gut health and brain health," she said.
"The supplement industry is also notoriously unregulated, which leads to contamination with toxins or banned substances that are detrimental to our health."
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Instead of pre-workout or energy drinks, Ivanir recommended opting for coffee or matcha tea.
Ivanir said the combination of alcohol and fructose syrup, which are sometimes found in cocktails, are not good for your liver — the organ in which those liquids are processed.
"This compromises the liver’s ability to filter out toxins and hampers its conversion of fructose to glucose," Ivanir said.
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"As a consequence, we can’t detox as well, and we also end up storing that excess fructose as fat. This can then cause a rise in triglycerides, a harmful blood lipid — and is one of the causes of a fatty liver."
Soda is bad for your health due to its added sugar, experts say.
"I recommend instead opting for seltzer or sparkling water and adding a squeeze of lime, lemon or orange juice for flavor," said Amy Gorin, an inclusive plant-based registered dietitian nutritionist and owner of Master the Media in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Gorin said that — according to the United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 — people ages two and older should limit their intake of added sugars to less than 10% of total daily calories consumed.
"For someone following a 2,000-calorie daily diet, for example, this means no more than 200 calories from added sugar — or about 12 teaspoons," she said.
"A 12-ounce can of cola contains about 10 teaspoons worth of added sugar."
Jinan Banna, a registered dietitian and professor of nutrition at the University of Hawaii, said not only does iced tea contain added sugar but bottled or commercially prepared teas may have the same amount of sugar as soda.
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"A high consumption of sweetened drinks such as iced tea has been shown to be associated with development of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes," she said, referencing a 2010 meta-analysis on sugar-sweetened beverages and type 2 diabetes.
Agave syrup is made from agave plant sap, which has increased in popularity as a substitute for traditional sweeteners (like table sugar and honey), according to a chemical analysis and nutritional profile on agave syrup published in the National Library of Medicine.
But beware of agave-sweetened drinks, as "agave is pretty much high fructose corn syrup with a glorified label," Ivanir said.
"Agave nectar can contain between 55% to 90% fructose — that’s higher than the amount of fructose in high fructose corn syrup," she also said.
As Ivanir pointed out, most agave nectar sold in supermarkets contains about 80% to 90% of fructose.
"The problem with taking in a lot of fructose is that your body must convert it to glucose in the liver, but if you have too much, it gets stored as fat. Specifically, belly fat," she said.
"Excess fructose is also pretty bad for your gut. Your gut bacteria don’t like large doses of fructose. For those with a sensitive gut, this can cause bloating, diarrhea and discomfort. It leads to increased LDL (your bad cholesterol) and decreases insulin sensitivity."
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If you’re thinking, "Isn’t fruit high in fructose?" then consider this: "Some fruits are, but when fructose is in its natural and fiber-wrapped form, then it’s not harmful. So there is no need to avoid fruit," Ivanir said.
Sometimes, juices blended with additives get slapped with the word "cocktail" on their label, according to experts.
"This is a keyword to watch out for in the grocery store. The word ‘cocktail’ indicates that a juice is mixed with added sugar," Gorin said.
"Added sugar is unnecessary and adds extra calories to your day. But not surprisingly, per the CDC, sugar-sweetened drinks are a top source of added sugar in the American diet."
She said, "Shop for 100% fruit juice instead."
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As Ivanir pointed out, research has shown that artificial sugars like aspartame and sucralose "disturb the microbiome and damage our gut health," she said.
"This is harmful to our overall health since the gut plays a key role in many of our body’s systems such as our immune health, hormone recycling, serotonin production and nutrient absorption," Ivanir added.
"Stevia- or monk fruit sweetened drinks are great sugar alternatives that are also gut-friendly."
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She suggested jazzing up your beverage by adding herbs such as mint and basil or fresh fruit into water.
Apparently consuming frappuccinos simply aren’t worth it for your health.
"Frappuccinos and other sweet coffee drinks contain what I call ‘sweet fats’ — a combination of sugar [from the syrups and flavors] and saturated fats [from the cream]. While this combination of sugar and fat makes the drink taste deliciously creamy, it leads to excess fat storage due to a rise in the hormone insulin (our fat storage hormone)," Ivanir said.
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"These ‘sweet fats’ hijack our brain circuits, making us want more and more."
They also drive up insulin, leading to insulin resistance and higher lipid levels and ultimately metabolic syndrome, Ivanir added.
"In some establishments, this drink may contain more sugar than a can of coke, such as the caramel latte that is found in some businesses," Banna said.
"Sweetened coffee drinks have been identified as an item in the diet that makes a notable contribution to intake of added sugar," she added.
She pointed to a report published in the National Library of Medicine titled, "Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adults."
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London protests: Seven charged and 145 arrested as police appeals continue
Nine officers were injured and 145 arrested, most of whom police said were right-wing counter-protesters.
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Sunday, November 12, 2023
Savannah Chrisley details parents’ 'retaliation' in prison since she began speaking out
Todd and Julie Chrisley's daughter Savannah is continuing to stand by her parents.
The "Chrisley Knows Best" star has candidly shared her parents’ recent prison experiences and claimed they are being treated very poorly in the facilities.
"It's been really tough [for them] since I started speaking out about everything," Savannah told Entertainment Tonight. "That's been the toughest part. More so for Dad. There's been a lot of retaliation, so we have to worry [about him]."
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Todd and Julie were convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion in June 2022. The couple reported to prison on Jan. 17. Todd is serving his sentence at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in Pensacola, Florida, while Julie was sent to Federal Medical Center (FMC) Lexington in Kentucky.
Since their time behind bars, Savannah has been outspoken on her podcast and social media about her parents’ struggle in prison. She’s claimed they’ve been living in terrible conditions and have been mistreated.
"Right now, they're trying to move him from the facility he's at now, because of the latest things that I've posted on Instagram. And that's the tough part -- the moment you start speaking out, you have to pay for it."
Savannah additionally noted her father is allegedly prohibited from making phone calls with his lawyers.
"Which is a huge thing because... it's a non-recorded phone call to where you can speak about the things that are happening to you to your lawyer, [and] they're not letting him do that," Savannah added.
Lawyers for Todd and Julie Chrisley did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
She also claimed that the prison guards are attempting to clean out her father’s inmate commissary account.
"That's their way of retaliating against these men for speaking out. They're literally going to starve them to death."
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Although Savannah speaking out may have a lasting impact on her parents in prison, Todd encouraged her to continue to spread awareness about their alleged living conditions.
"He and I have had the discussion [and] his exact words were, 'If I have to be uncomfortable in order to hopefully implement and force change, then I'm willing to do it,'" Savannah remarked.
On the other hand, Savannah’s mother, Julie, is also allegedly being treated poorly in prison.
While the mistreatment is not as severe as Todd’s, Savannah claims that her mother is still being targeted.
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"[However, her living conditions are terrible," Savannah stated. "And some of the male guards, they definitely speak down on the women [in jail]. They make them feel like garbage."
Savannah previously spoke out about her parents’ severe condition while incarcerated and expressed it could jeopardize their lives.
"The prison conditions are not something that is spoken about at all. And I've definitely ruffled some feathers by speaking about it," Savannah previously told Fox News Digital.
She continued, "They are in conditions where it gets to be 115 degrees inside because there is no air conditioning. There's black mold, asbestos, lead-based paint. They're consuming food that says ‘not for human consumption.’ There's not clean drinking water.
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"And when you look at this, you're not just serving a sentence for a term, you're serving a life sentence because of the conditions that you are enduring. And you don't know how that's going to affect your health."
While FPC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment, FMC provided a statement with information about the general "conditions of confinement" for any adult in custody (AIC).
"The FBOP takes seriously our ability to protect and secure individuals in our custody while ensuring the safety of our employees and the surrounding community. We make every effort to create a controlled environment within our facilities that is both secure and humane, prioritizing the physical and emotional well-being of those in our care and custody," it said in part.
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Psychiatrist used AI to create child porn, sentenced to 40 years in prison
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A child psychiatrist in Charlotte, N.C., has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to create child pornography and secretly recording his 15-year-old cousin as she showered, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of North Carolina.
David Tatum, 41, created the AI images by modifying pictures of ex-girlfriends with sexually explicit images of minors which he had obtained online. Tatum digitally altered images from a school dance and a photo commemorating the first day of school to make them sexually explicit, prosecutors said.
Tatum viewed more than 1,000 files of child pornography titles, all of which contained the phrase, "PTHC," which stands for "pre-teen hard core."
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He possessed the child pornography from 2016 through 2021, according to court documents viewed by Fox News Digital.
The pervert also secretly recorded his 15-year-old cousin as she got naked in a bathroom to shower at a family vacation home in Maine.
Tatum surreptitiously recorded other family members too, including more minors, getting naked and showering in the bathroom, according to the court documents.
According to trial evidence, Tatum made similar surreptitious recordings of others, including of his patient who had just turned 18 years old five days prior.
Tatum was convicted in May of one count of the production of child pornography, one count of the transportation of child pornography and one count of the possession of child pornography. His sentence will be followed by 30 years of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a minor and using artificial intelligence (AI) to create child pornography images of minors.
Tatum was also ordered to pay a special assessment totaling $99 and a further $100 special assessment per count of conviction.
After he is released from prison, Tatum will be required to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board in any state or jurisdiction where he works or resides, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of North Carolina said.
Dena J. King, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said Tatum’s crimes were even more damning given to his profession as a child psychiatrist.
"Tatum knew the damaging, long-lasting impact sexual exploitation has on the wellbeing of victimized children, King said. "Regardless, he engaged in the depraved practice of using secret recordings of his victims to create illicit images and videos of them."
Tatum, King said, used artificial intelligence to victimize children.
[The] 40-year sentence underscores our efforts to do all we can to bring justice to child victims. As the field of artificial intelligence advances, my office is committed to prosecuting predators who seek to exploit this technologyto inflict harm on children."
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Robert DeWitt, a Special Agent in charge of the FBI in North Carolina, echoed King’s sentiments.
"It is horrific to believe anyone would secretly record children undressing and showering for their own sexual gratification," DeWitt said.
"And when the evidence proves that person is a doctor entrusted to help children through difficult mental health situations, it is inconceivable. The FBI will never stop working to put predators like Tatum behind bars for a very long time."
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Saturday, November 11, 2023
For quality sleep, timing is everything, experts say: Here’s the secret of successful slumber
When it comes to measuring sleep, most people focus on hitting a certain number of hours each night — and while that’s part of the equation, experts say it might not be the most important metric.
Instead, a recent review suggests that the regularity of sleep — drifting off and waking up at roughly the same time each day — is the more critical component.
Harvard-affiliated researchers presented the findings during a recent panel of the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).
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After conducting a review of 63 publications, the panelists concluded that "consistency of sleep onset and offset timing is important for health, safety and performance," according to the published study in the journal Sleep Health.
"When we talk about sleep, duration gets the most attention," Matthew Weaver, a member of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders in Boston and co-first author of the panel’s report, said in an interview with The Harvard Gazette.
"That is an important component of healthy sleep, but it’s just one component. Increasing evidence has accumulated over the past few years that sleep regularity is also very important."
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Many studies have shown that irregular sleep has been linked to adverse health outcomes, according to Weaver.
"It was associated with worse metabolic outcomes, like obesity and metabolic syndrome, but also cardiovascular disease, hypertension, an increase in a number of different inflammatory markers, and increased pain, to name a few," he said.
And when people have inconsistent sleep patterns, that tends to have a negative effect on their sleep duration and its quality, research has shown.
"Mental health was also worse, with irregular sleep being associated with more depression, a worse mood, lower self-esteem and lower general well-being," Weaver noted.
Dr. Harneet Walia, director of sleep medicine at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, was not part of the Harvard panel, but shared her input on the findings.
"Where sleep duration is important, having a regular sleep/wake routine has an important connection to our overall health," she told Fox News Digital in an email.
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An irregular sleep/wake schedule is associated with a host of negative health consequences, Walia said.
These include an increased risk of diabetes, weight gain, high cholesterol and heart-related issues, such as blood pressure and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
It is also associated with an increased risk of depression, she added.
"Patients with irregular sleep/wake rhythm disorder may also experience symptoms of difficulty sleeping or/and excessive daytime sleepiness," Walia added.
Not everyone has the same optimal bedtimes and wake times, according to Weaver.
"There are inter-individual differences in the timing and duration of our sleep that are guided by our circadian rhythms," he said.
As far as what constitutes "irregular" sleep, that is not entirely clear, the researcher said.
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"We wanted to get to a number that tells us how much is too much variability, but we couldn’t quite get there," Weaver said.
Some studies have suggested that just one hour of deviation in sleep is enough to negatively impact metabolism and heart health, he noted.
The panel shared that irregular sleep — in addition to impacting health outcomes — was also linked to worse academic performance, attention and reasoning.
"Some of the strongest papers showed GPA was worse among college students when their sleep was more irregular," Weaver pointed out.
Dr. Raj Dasgupta, chief medical adviser at Sleepopolis in California, who was not involved in the study, pointed out that our bodies have a natural circadian rhythm that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and other bodily functions.
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"When we disrupt our circadian rhythm by going to bed and waking up at different times each day, we can experience a number of negative health consequences, including insomnia, daytime fatigue, difficulty concentrating and increased risk of chronic diseases," he told Fox News Digital.
Overall, the experts agreed that regularity is an important component of healthy sleep.
"It’s not just duration, but also regularity and quality," Weaver said. "Sleep is the third pillar of health, equally important as diet and exercise, if not more."
Sleep impacts all aspects of life, the expert noted — health, performance, learning, memory and even the "critical biological processes related to healthy aging."
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"When we think about life and what makes us happy, like being able to communicate well, to feel good, and have the energy to do the things we want to do, sleep — not just duration but also regularity — is critical for all of those things," Weaver noted.
The experts offered some tips for fostering a more regular sleep schedule as part of a healthy lifestyle.
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"Plan your day so that you get the sleep that you need," Weaver told The Harvard Gazette. "Make it as regular as you can and prioritize sleep."
"If you want to have a regular sleep schedule, ask yourself: ‘How do I get there?’"
"If you need to go to bed at 10 every night to get the full amount of sleep you need, then, ideally, you would settle into a pattern that is regular enough where, after a little while, you don’t even need to set an alarm to wake yourself up, and you would have a healthy, regular sleep schedule that works for you."
If Walia’s patients share that they have a lot of variability in their schedules, she said she advises them to start off by waking up every day at the same time, which serves as an "anchor point" for maintaining regularity for the rest of the day.
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