Sleep deprivation affects most of us at some point.
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A new study found the amount of sleep you had last night can even overwhelm people who have a tendency for kindness.
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Clueless star Alicia Silverstone sparked furious debate by revealing she co-sleeps with her 11-year-old son.
Simple steps can make the transition back to school run smoother.
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A veteran school administrator offers insights on how children’s caretakers can better prepare them for a new school year.
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The strongest signal of our changing climate flares while most of us are asleep.
Regulating cortisol levels simultaneously improves sleep quality.
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The clue is in exercise’s ability to control levels of our “stress” hormone, cortisol.
Syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
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Your body follows a circadian rhythm that influences everything from how well your medications work to the best time for exercise.
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Advice to put your baby down ‘drowsy but awake’ is an attempt to form good sleep associations.
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Some people report insomnia symptoms, where they struggle to fall or stay asleep. Others report feeling constantly fatigued, and seemingly can’t get enough sleep. So what’s going on?
People with tinnitus are more likely to have disturbed sleep.
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Understanding why the two are connected could be key in finding treatments – or even a cure – for tinnitus
It hasn’t been known until now to what extent your night’s sleep affects short-term dementia symptoms.
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Participants who woke up fewer times during the night performed better on memory tasks the next day.
Many people with ADHD find it difficult to focus, suffer from anxiety and have low self-esteem.
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Although medication and therapy can be effective treatments for ADHD, they’re not the only way to manage the disorder or its symptoms. Creating a daily routine is critical too.
There are many ways that families, health-care providers and communities can support the sleep of mothers of babies six months and older.
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Supporting mothers’ and infants’ sleep can decrease the stressors of motherhood, improve maternal mood and mental health and promote better infant development.
Most of us struggle to think straight after a poor night’s sleep.
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Both too much and too little sleep may interfere with our cognition.
Executive functioning is a component of attention that helps us prioritize what we want to engage with and filter out unwanted interference.
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Research highlights the importance of daily meditation, exercise and sleep for improving executive functioning, a component of attention that helps people focus.
Sharks can sleep with their eyes open.
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How sharks sleep has been a mystery. Some species of shark need to swim continuously to push water over their gills and breathe. New research is shedding light on how sharks sleep.
Some people dread the time change that occurs twice a year – and for good reason.
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Research suggests that permanent daylight saving time would save lives as well as energy and prevent crime.
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Binaural beats are said to have a range of effects, but how does the evidence stack up?
A bad sleep can make you more reactive to stressful situations the next day.
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Sleep and mental health have a well established relationship.
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An effective alarm is one which should minimise ‘sleep inertia’ – that stage of grogginess we feel between being asleep and becoming fully alert.
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Melatonin can be useful as a sleep aid, but should be prescribed by a physician after a careful analysis of the causes of sleep loss.