Multiple studies in humans and mouse models indicate that sleep disruptions raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by increasing the accumulation of disease-relevant proteins such as amyloid-beta ...

Sleep comprises one third of our adult life. It is essential for normal functioning; without it, we experience memory lapses, have difficulty with concentration, experience mood alterations, become ...

I can barely sleep past 6:30 a.m. Even if I have the opportunity to sleep in, my body just doesn’t let me; my eyes pop open at the crack of dawn every day, regardless. But my teens? They’re a ...

With fall and winter holidays coming up, many will be pondering the relationship between food and sleep. Researchers led by Professor Masashi Yanagisawa at the University of Tsukuba in Japan hope they ...

Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. Getting only a few hours of sleep per day may ...

March 10 marks the start of “Sleep Awareness Week 2024” and we can almost bet you are one of the millions of people that could use a bit more rest in 2024. Created by the National Sleep Foundation, ...

It's recommended to get at least seven hours of sleep per night, but some people feel okay with less. Doctors break down why, ...

If you’ve ever bolted awake from a nightmare with your heart beating like a frenzied drum, you already know that sleep and rest are not the same. Which is why it should make sense that neither are ...

Has it ever been the middle of the day and you just needed to shut your eyes for a quick 20 minutes? You might call this break in your day a cat nap. The American and British Academy says the origin ...

A team has discovered that, in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease, restoring normal sleep by returning to normal the activity of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), a brain region involved in ...