The researchers pinpointed a surprisingly specific sleep range for healthy aging.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That’s the major takeaway from a new study published in the journal Sleep Health. This is a pilot study, so the findings are ...

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has indicated that an estimated 26 percent of adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years have sleep apnea. (Photo: Getty) You could say that it’s difficult to ...

Amid growing concern about the widespread off-label use of sedative medications for sleep problems, Flinders University ...

A new study analyzing the sleep data of 770 individuals confirms that not everyone’s sleep is the same by developing five general biopsychosocial profiles of sleep. These five profiles—including ...

Caffeine is the world’s most widely used stimulant, and plenty of people use it to ward off morning grogginess or simply to get a pep in their step. Conversely, doctors generally recommend avoiding ...

When study participants took an attention test while sleep-deprived, their brain scans showed signs of a sleep-like state linked to the brain’s nightly cleaning process. This could be the brain’s ...

Veterans with narcolepsy type 1 or other narcolepsy face elevated risk for all-cause mortality compared with a general sleep clinic cohort.

A new pilot study suggests having sex before bed could help you sleep better. This isn't the first study to link sex before bed to better sleep. Sex creates a surge of oxytocin, which is a natural ...