Deep sleep could forestall the declines in brain health that can eventually lead to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form ...

I ran four miles every day, did breathing exercises, listened to a meditation tape a friend gave me. Useless.I finally caved and saw my general practitioner, who prescribed Ambien, telling me to feel ...

Sleep, the bedrock of public health, is eroding. This is how experts say we can fix it In order to address other health problems, poor sleep in America needs to be treated like a public health crisis ...

Why aging affects sleep and expert tips to improve it 04:54. Taking a moment to slow down your body and quiet your mind through stretching can be a beneficial step to add to your bedtime routine ...

Much research has based its findings on what happens when we don’t sleep enough. The effects of sleeplessness aren’t difficult to pinpoint. Still, apart from a scientific consensus that sleep is ...

How much sleep do teens need in the summer? Should parents wake up their teens at a semi-decent hour of the morning, or let ...

While sleep meditation can really be any form of meditation that works for you, below we have looked at some of the more common meditations used to help with sleep. 1. Visualization ...

How does memory consolidation work, and can we improve our memory retention as we sleep? If so, how? In this Special Feature, we look at what studies have found out about sleep techniques and ...

"What we see is that the sleep-wake cycle is delayed in winter," says Arne Lowden, an associate professor who studies sleep and stress at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.

A series of studies indicates that we can reinforce existing memories during deep sleep. Photo courtesy of Colton Cotton. The average American sleeps some 7.6 hours a night—maybe not as much as ...

We have all sacrificed a night's sleep at some point in our lives, perhaps to study for an exam or while taking a long-haul flight. But just one night without sleep is actually enough to rewire ...

Our minds are surprisingly active during deep sleep, capable of cementing memories we learned while awake Joseph Stromberg The average American sleeps some 7.6 hours a night—maybe not as much as ...