Getting to sleep often takes longer than a beat. With 1 in 3 adults struggling to snooze, it’s no wonder many will try ...

Untreated sleep apnea may raise the risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s, and anxiety. Experts explain how disrupted sleep and low ...

A 2023 study found that shorter sleep duration causes reduced brain cortical thickness. Sleep disorders increase the risk of Alzheimer’s, stroke, and cognitive decline. Chronic sleep deprivation ...

Poor sleep has significant short and long-term effects on how your brain functions. Here's how to know when your brain is asking for more sleep. Taylor Leamey Former Senior Writer Taylor Leamey wrote ...

Here, sleep experts explain what you need to know about magnesium vs. zinc for sleep, including how each mineral supports ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

A new study on sleep and learning shows a new development about the brain's activity at rest. Some of the neurons in the brain might be firing off during sleep in a way that convinced researchers the ...

What is your pre-bedtime routine? Drink a glass of milk, clean your teeth, prepare your bed? Studies have found many animals engage in habitual behaviors before sleep, but until now researchers have ...

The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Every animal with a brain needs sleep—and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and ...