Anyone who has ever woken up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep knows the toll insomnia can take the following day. More than 17% of adults had trouble staying asleep most ...

Everyone has nights when they can't sleep. And staying in bed awake is the worst thing to do. Heres's what to do if you can't sleep. assistant professor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and ...

how much exercise I do, or how early I go to bed. If that sounds familiar, you – like me – may have something called sleep ...

Have you ever slept a full eight hours but awakened feeling as tired as if you had pulled an all-nighter? If so, you may have experienced what’s known as unrefreshing sleep. Unrefreshing sleep, also ...

As a young physician in Sydney, Australia in 1979, Colin Sullivan conceived of an experiment to help people with nighttime breathing issues. After several months of waiting for the right patient, he ...

Already multitool smart devices, Apple Watches added another buzzworthy feature last month: an app to detect sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition that causes a sleeper’s breathing to pause when the ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic, "Why Can't Americans Sleep?," is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about ...

Sleeplessness is a common issue for women in midlife, but there are evidence-backed ways to address it. Ask Well Sleeplessness is a common issue for women in midlife, but there are evidence-backed ...

Did you know your sleep habits affect your weight? In light of Sleep Awareness Month, learn how the two are related and why it matters. Lara Vukelich is a freelance writer in San Diego, California.

So what to do now that we’ve “fallen back”? How long does it take to adjust to standard time? Should I change how I sleep, eat or exercise during this transition to get back on track? How can adults ...

On Sunday, Americans will usher in daylight saving time, turning their clocks one hour ahead. Shifting clocks can leave many of us so sleep deprived the day after that experts have dubbed it “Sleepy ...

It has been a long day. You pour yourself a glass of wine or whisky, sink into the couch, and feel that slow wave of calm roll over you. One more sip, and off you go to bed, convinced that your ...