In addition to insomnia, older adults experience ... to 30 seconds repeatedly during sleep. Because they wake up every time breathing stops, their normal sleep cycle is interrupted and results ...

which in turn oversee the body’s circadian -- and thus sleep -- cycles. Older adults also begin to process caffeine more slowly. That means the 2 p.m. coffee that previously didn’t affect ...

which control our sleep-wake cycles to generate our 24-hour circadian rhythms, the authors explained. Among older adults, the mechanisms and directionality of the relationship between vision and ...

It is known to have a strong effect on alertness and can shift our sleep-wake cycle. Previous studies have explored the use ...

"As an average example, these numbers suggest that an older adult who increased their sleep medication use from 'never' to 'every night' over the course of five years would be likely to develop a ...