{"id":241916,"date":"2026-07-31T00:13:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/scientists-find-a-simple-routine-linked-to-less-pain-and-depression"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:13:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:13:55","slug":"scientists-find-a-simple-routine-linked-to-less-pain-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/scientists-find-a-simple-routine-linked-to-less-pain-and-depression","title":{"rendered":"Scientists find a simple routine linked to less pain and depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-find-a-simple-routine-linked-to-less-pain-and-depression.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keeping a regular daily schedule may help reduce pain and depression, especially among older adults with insomnia. Researchers found that consistent times for waking, eating, socializing, and sleeping were linked to better well-being regardless of sleep quality. These routines may strengthen the body\u2019s internal clock and limit the disruptive effects of \u201csocial jet lag.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping a regular daily schedule may help reduce pain and depression, especially among older adults with insomnia. Researchers found that consistent times for waking, eating, socializing, and sleeping were linked to better well-being regardless of sleep quality. These routines may strengthen the body\u2019s internal clock and limit the disruptive effects of \u201csocial jet lag.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}