It "may help mitigate cognitive decline related to fatigue," a neurologist explains.

Sleep schedules are often one of the first things that people choose to compromise in order to check everything off their to-do lists, especially with the end of the year approaching. But folks hoping ...

If the organ doesn't get time to clean itself at night, it'll find (often inconvenient) time during the day.

Even a short afternoon nap can help the brain recover and improve its ability to learn. In a study published on January 22, ...

Becoming a new mother brings more than just joyful chaos it delivers a profound and persistent sleep shock. A new study reveals that first-time moms lose not just total sleep, but crucial ...

Middle-aged adults and seniors would age more gracefully -- and save a few bucks -- if they lay off prescription sleep medications, a new study says. Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' ...

Researchers at the universities of Freiburg in Germany and Geneva in Switzerland show that even a nap is enough to reorganise ...

TUPELO — Confirming an obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis involves an overnight stay at a sleep disorders center, but the sleep study process isn't nearly as intimidating as patients may fear. Founded ...

Children with spina bifida, a malformation of the spinal cord that can lead to mobility impairments and hydrocephalus—a buildup of fluid in the brain—face significant risk of cognitive difficulties ...

Your doctor could soon be prescribing crucial shuteye as treatment for everything from obesity to ADHD to mental health as ...