Without sleep, our brain doesn’t have the time to process and consolidate the information we’ve learned during the day. “One ...

Great sleep is about more than just quantity – quality matters, too. We learn the benefits of getting a good shut-eye and ...

Paradoxical insomnia describes the feeling of not getting restful sleep even if you really did sleep enough. Confused? Here’s ...

Depending on your basal metabolic rate (BMR), calories your body burns at rest to maintain functions like breathing and ...

Many people think of Parkinson's disease (PD) as a movement condition that causes people to shake their hands, move slowly, or become stiff. But what if it wasn't moving that showed the ...

The cause of sleep paralysis is poorly understood but is thought to involve a disruption or fragmentation of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. REM is the stage ... it may not bother you as much.

If you’re a parent of a child aged 13 or older, you might be wondering, 'How much sleep does my teen really need?' More importantly, with nearly 65% of teens regularly falling short of the ...

That doesn't seem possible at all. And yet it happens more than I like to admit. The question I have is, how much sleep is too much? What is the right amount of sleep for a person my age? Another ...

KyoungBin "Kevin" Im, MD, MS, associate clinical professor and sports psychiatry services medical director at UC Irvine School of Medicine, Sleep Medicine Services Natalie D. Dautovich, PhD, senior ...

It’s a shiny new term, used in favour of the 1990s ‘power’ nap label, which emerged after a study on sleep-ravaged American ...

Here’s what sleep scientists and doctors say about how much you really need — and whether your gender plays a role. Sleep quality over quantity Sleep is still a mystery, despite how critical it is for ...