Sleep is one of medicine's underused data streams. Clinically, disturbed sleep has often been treated as a symptom of a disorder, but sleep is also a physiological state in which brain, cardiac, ...

A neuroscientist and assistant professor at the University of Alberta presented his research on the neural mechanisms of ...

From the idea that most infants sleep 12 hours to the suggestion that daytime naps can improve nighttime slumbers, we expose the biggest misconceptions that are troubling parents.

Insufficient sleep is one of the strongest predictors of shorter life expectancy in the U.S., surpassed only by smoking. That's according to a new nationwide analysis published in the journal SLEEP ...

Dr. Rinn: Our understanding of sleep as a fundamental process for both physical and mental health is really growing. Some of the functions of sleep include impacts on mental health, memory, immune ...

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

New research finds that sleep is essential for protecting brain mitochondria by transferring toxic metabolic waste from neurons to glial cells for disposal.

Can placing baking soda under your bed really improve sleep quality? Here are the science-backed benefits, how it works, and whether this simple bedroom hack can help you sleep better naturally.

The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new ...

Getting enough sleep may be more important for heart health than many busy professionals realize. A new multicenter study conducted by researchers from Kumamoto University and the National Cerebral ...