I tested seven sleep patches from three top brands, but only a few lived up to the hype. Here's everything you need to know ...

Scientists reveal how sleep, especially naps, boosts motor learning after TBI, offering new insights into brain activity and rehabilitation strategies to enhance recovery outcomes.

Women may struggle to get diagnoses for health problems, including sleep apnea and heart conditions, early enough if their ...

Many of us wear devices that count our steps, measure our heart rate, track sleep patterns, and more. This information can ...

Wendy Troxel, a senior behavioral scientist at RAND and author of the book Sharing the Covers: Every Couple's Guide to Better Sleep, credits establishing a consistent morning, or “wind-up,” routine, ...

Besides stimulation to the visual system, sleep also allows us to consolidate, or store our memories. It also helps us learn. Several studies have shown that napping following learning in infants as ...

Their report is the first to use objective measures to show the component, known as cannabinol (CBN), increases sleep in rats ...

In a research study, trazodone also seemed to improve slow-wave or deep sleep. As a sleep aid, trazodone typically takes about 30 minutes to make you drowsy. People who take trazodone for sleep often ...

For adults, it's seven to nine hours of sleep per 24-hour period, but for children it's much longer. These recommendations come from large population studies looking at how much sleep people need ...

"There was not a separate routine to coax the babies to sleep," wrote the researchers behind a study on the bedtime practices of 14 Maya families in Guatemala. "Most of the babies simply fell ...

Although some people may be looking forward to gaining an extra hour of sleep this weekend, many new parents worry about how the change will affect their baby’s sleep schedules. Clocks will ...