Trouble sleeping? Nowadays, there's a long list of sleep hacks you can try, from TikTok's sleepy girl mocktail to listening to people crunching foil in an ASMR video. But if sleep continues to elude ...

What if the solution to Alzheimer’s disease lies not in combating the proteins that cause it, but in simply getting more sleep? A recent study points to an unexpected avenue of research: using a ...

What if a pill meant to help you sleep could also protect your brain from one of the most devastating diseases of our time? A new study suggests that a popular insomnia drug might act as an unexpected ...

Thirty-eight people took part in a study to investigate the effects of a sleep medication on Alzheimer's-related proteins in their cerebrospinal fluid. The pills showed promise in combating the ...

The link was only found in white patients. Doctors say there are a lot of unknowns in the link between sleeping pills and dementia risk. About 4% of adults over the age of 20 use prescription sleeping ...

In the quiet hours of night, millions of Americans reach for sleeping pills, hoping to find relief from restless thoughts and sleepless nights. While these medications promise the allure of peaceful ...

The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you'll hear amusing tales of people sleepwalking, taking off their clothes or even standing up and peeing into the ...

Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all. Patients come to me ...

Anyone can have trouble maintaining sleep cycles, but older adults are far more likely to have difficulty sleeping than younger adults. Often this will simply result in them taking daytime naps or ...

Sleep problems are common. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 30% to 40% of US adults report experiencing symptoms of insomnia, and 4% of adults over the age of 20 use prescription sleep aids ...