A nightmare is a bad dream that wakes you up. Nightmares disrupt your sleep and are very distressing. Sometimes the anticipation of having a nightmare can in itself disrupt sleep. Fortunately, ...

Research from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa proposes a new model to explain why nightmares can persist over time in children and how therapy can be designed to break that ...

As if nightmares aren't frightful enough, new research links frequent bad dreams to aging faster and dying earlier. Nightmare frequency is a stronger predictor of premature death than smoking, obesity ...

There are a few reasons why we might dream, say neuroscientists. Even dreams that are scary may serve a purpose: One ...

As Halloween approaches, many will be preparing for spooky celebrations, but a darker side of the holiday may linger in their dreams as new data shows the most common Halloween nightmares. Here's what ...

Half of under‑sixes endure recurring nightmares that wreck sleep; psychologists reveal how fear of bedtime fuels them.

Charles McPhee '85's life, at least until last June, could have been described as a dream come true. McPhee — who knew as a freshman that he wanted to write his senior thesis on dreams — managed to ...

July 2 (UPI) --Having bad dreams after eating ice cream or cheese? Your stomach may be trying to tell you something. New research shows that people with worse symptoms of lactose intolerance tended to ...

Dairy products might be meddling with your dreams. New research published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology surveyed sleep habits, particularly dreams, and compared them with peoples’ ...