Increasing sleepiness over 5 years doubled dementia risk among cognitively unimpaired women in their 80s. Sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, and nap duration and frequency were individually ...

Many people have problems dropping off as they age, but disrupted nights shouldn't be inevitable – here, experts suggest solutions that may help.

Older women experiencing increased daytime sleepiness may need to pay attention to more than just feeling tired. Revolutionary research from the University of California, San Francisco has uncovered a ...

When teenagers shift their sleep schedules between school days and weekends, the resulting mismatch can alter the physical ...

“My child wakes up at 2am and is up for 1-2 hours!” One of us remembers very clearly the first time her daughter ended up doing this. At around 14 months, she woke up in the middle of the night and ...

In most of the U.S., clocks will spring forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9. While most simply consider the time change a biannual nuisance, doctors caution there can be health consequences in changing ...

Researchers discovered a compound, Mic-628, that resets the body clock, helping daily rhythms shift earlier and recover from jet lag faster.

The bedside table of the modern health enthusiast increasingly features sophisticated technology aimed at unlocking the mysteries of sleep. From advanced rings and watches that monitor heart rate ...