A new study reveals that fragmented sleep causes cellular damage to the brain's blood vessels, providing further evidence to suggest that sleep disruption predisposes the brain to dementia. "We found ...

Sleep often becomes lighter and more fragmented with age. A neurologist explains why older adults wake up more at night, when ...

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses how diabetes-associated sleep fragmentation impairs liver and heart function via SIRT1-dependent epigenetic modulation of NADPH ...

A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep in injured mice is linked to a loss of rapid-eye-movement (REM) ...

Ever woken up multiple times at night, groggy and frustrated, just to rush to the bathroom? You might blame your bladder, or ...

New research published in the journal Sleep Health has found that sleep fragmentation, which refers to the amount of time spent awake in bed after initially falling asleep, is linked to slower mental ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images We all know that sleep is integral for our overall wellbeing and health. But ...

Before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I didn’t think twice about sleep. I’d always been a night owl, but I went to bed reasonably early. And I never had trouble falling asleep or getting eight ...