A US study finds teens and young adults who sleep longer on weekends to recover lost weekday sleep have a 41 per cent lower ...

In the United States, insufficient sleep strongly correlates with life expectancy, even more than diet, exercise or social ...

While most of us treat a sleep study as a one-night inconvenience, researchers are now turning that single session into a ...

“We record an amazing number of signals when we study sleep,” co-senior researcher Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, a professor of sleep ...

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 ...

Polysomnography is considered the gold-standard overnight sleep exam that uses various sensors to record brain activity, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that impacts millions of families around the world. But ...

Sleep has been shown to have a long list of physical and mental health benefits, and now a new study suggests it could also help to "erase" bad memories. That’s according to researchers from the ...

Insomnia is a disorder characterized by experiencing difficulty falling or staying asleep, or waking up too early. Past studies have linked inadequate sleep to several health conditions, all of which ...

What is a sleep study? A sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, is a diagnostic test that monitors various body functions while a person is asleep. It is most commonly used to diagnose sleep ...