New research shows sleep patterns and disruptions may signal risks of diseases like cancer, dementia and heart conditions ...

“My child wakes up at 2am and is up for 1-2 hours!” One of us remembers very clearly the first time her daughter ended up doing this. At around 14 months, she woke up in the middle of the night and ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

New research suggests that changes to napping patterns in older adults, such as longer or more frequent naps, may signal ...

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 ...

ALTHOUGH our sleep patterns can change as we get older, the amount of sleep we need remains unchanged: Seven to nine hours a night. However, this target can be difficult to achieve, as shifting sleep ...

Among women at least 1 year after bariatric surgery, longer rapid eye movement (REM) sleep duration was associated with lower body fat percentage, whereas symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing were ...

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Like many Americans, I know I need more sleep. I’m a night owl, often writing late into the night, but also a mom who gets up early with her kids. The result: I’m not getting enough rest. When I ...