The report found that the use of prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids increased with age. But the reverse was true for ...

Scientists recorded the brain’s sleep switch firing in real time — and the feedback loop they uncovered reshapes what we know about deep sleep.

An accompanying editorial called the findings reassuring but urged careful use, while also weighing the risks of untreated ...

UC Berkeley just mapped the brain circuit behind your nightly growth hormone surge — here’s why your first 3 hours of sleep matter.

A team of Israeli researchers has found that one of the reasons that sleep could be so important to animals — including humans — is that it takes neurons 'offline' so DNA damage accumulated during ...

We asked experts which overlooked signs could point to a sleep problem —and how to spot them early. Some sleep specialists ...

Why do dreams sometimes feel vivid and immersive, while at other times they seem fragmented or difficult to interpret? A new ...

But according to Dr. Scott Schecter, a pulmonologist at UVA Health’s Sleep Disorders Center, that tradeoff may be costing ...

Sleep is not a passive state but an active period of restoration, one that depends on the coordination of systems that are ...

According to sleep memory theory, dreaming sleep is essential for consolidation of memory. Daydreaming, when we're awake and ...

For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to uncover the neural processes that allow humans and various other animals to ...

New research is revealing that obstructive sleep apnea may have deeper physiological consequences than previously understood.