Reading in bed might help you destress but it can also cause this one major issue in your sleep. An expert explains why and what to do instead.

Does too-high cortisol cause sleep disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea, or is high cortisol a result of those sleep disorders? The answer is complex, and one that scientists are still reaching ...

In 2022, neuroscientists at the University of Oxford published a study in Brain Communications that links tinnitus and sleep. They found that slow-wave activity in deep sleep might suppress the brain ...

It’s not a secret that sleep can get more difficult with age — research suggests that up to half of older adults complain of sleep problems. That translates to some 27 million Americans over 65.

If you have schizophrenia, odds are you may have trouble sleeping. As many as 80 percent of people with schizophrenia have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or achieving restful sleep. That’s ...

As families return to school-term routines, sleep difficulties often resurface. For many parents, particularly those raising children with neurodevelopmental conditions, melatonin has become a widely ...

Eating and sleeping are two of the most basic human functions, both essential to survival. They are also two biological processes that are deeply entwined, as science is increasingly discovering.

Adults with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are significantly more likely to experience sleep disturbances than those without GI conditions, a new study involving more than 10,000 individuals has found ...

Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too late, needed to wake up early or still felt tired when you woke up from what should have been a full night’s sleep. For the rest of ...

Melatonin use in children is rising fast. But long-term safety data is limited and regulation varies wildly. Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock As families return to school-term routines, sleep difficulties ...