Chronic sleep disruption doesn't just leave people tired and irritable. It may quietly undermine the gut's ability to repair itself, increasing vulnerability to serious digestive diseases. A new study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Baseline sleep disturbance was associated with an increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior at age 12 ...

Researchers have found in a cohort study that higher surgical risk was associated with greater severity and longer duration ...

Sleep is a complex biological process, with numerous evolutionarily-gained functions. Despite its indisputable biological importance, much remains unknown about sleep, including the bidirectional ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sleep disturbance, including sleep apnea and insomnia, may increase dementia risk, new research shows. In a large cohort of older, mostly male veterans, investigators from the ...

HOUSTON -- Most postmenopausal women with moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) also experience clinically significant levels of sleep disturbance, a researcher reported here. Baseline data from ...

The noise pollution people living near an airports are subjected to puts them at risk for serious health conditions — and they may not even know it, research shows. "In our modern world, noise is ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. February 16, 2009 — Sleep-seeking behavior to relieve pain may contribute to the development of insomnia in people with tension-type headache, ...

Elderly man sitting on bed looking serious – Indoors Researchers examined how the associations of life event stress with impulsivity, anxiety, and depressed mood change in the presence of sleep ...

1 Discipline of Exercise and Sports Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Australia 2 Sydney ...

From a favourite pillow to the "right" side of the bed, everyone has their own quirks when it comes to sleep. But one common habit stands out: while some people toss and turn with a blanket, many ...