Sleep is kind of a big deal. It’s the best way for our bodies to recover after a hard day, and it also greatly influences our cognitive functions and immune responses. Yet while many of us focus on ...

Deep sleep earlier in life could be the key to keeping healthy cognition. The key to keeping your wits about you as you age may lie in shut-eye during midlife. A study found that people over 60 who ...

Sleep is a fundamental aspect of our lives. It is a natural process that rejuvenates our bodies and minds, allowing us to function optimally during our waking hours. However, not all sleep is the same ...

REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement and it’s seen as the deepest stage of the sleep cycle. As the name states, REM sleep is ...

I sleep eight hours a night but I'm still exhausted; what's going on? Sleep specialist Dr. Lindsey Browning explains my ...

Sleep is key to brain and body function, memory, physical performance, preventing chronic disease and improving mental health ...

You may remember little to nothing when you wake up, but there’s a lot going on while you sleep. You just spent the previous seven to nine hours moving through a highly structured cycle of sleep ...

In general, most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep per night. Someone who gets this recommended amount will generally go through between four and six sleep cycles (all of the sleep ...

We’ve all been there — dragging ourselves out of bed feeling like we’ve been hit by a truck despite getting a full night’s sleep. The alarm blares, and you wonder how eight hours of rest could ...

A groundbreaking study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine discovered a critical link between stress and disrupted sleep cycles. The study, published in Current ...

The key to keeping your wits about you as you age may lie in shut-eye during midlife. A study found that people over 60 who didn’t get enough slow-wave sleep — the third stage in the human sleep cycle ...