ALTHOUGH our sleep patterns can change as we get older, the amount of sleep we need remains unchanged: Seven to nine hours a night. However, this target can be difficult to achieve, as shifting sleep ...

Now I'm sleeping 9 hours a night and have loads more energy and better moods. Two neuroscientists explain why ...

The end of daylight saving time can disrupt your body's internal clock, or circadian rhythm. Studies have linked time changes to increased health risks, including depressive episodes and car accidents ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I didn’t think twice about sleep. I’d always been a night owl, but I went to bed reasonably early. And I never had trouble falling asleep or getting eight ...

Some fish, it turns out, are morning people. They swim hard during daylight, sleep mostly at night, and tend to live longer. Others drift into daytime napping early in life, move less vigorously, and ...

Jaggi Vasudev, popularly known as Sadhguru, recently had a conversation with actor Alia Bhatt in which he disclosed his sleep ...

Among women at least 1 year after bariatric surgery, longer rapid eye movement (REM) sleep duration was associated with lower body fat percentage, whereas symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing were ...

People whose sleep apnea changes dramatically from night to night are 30% more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or ...