Over 70 million Americans wear fitness trackers to monitor steps, sleep, and heart rate. A new study suggests these popular ...

In many parts of the country, children and their parents face months-long wait times for sleep tests at labs. With obesity rising among the pediatric population, at-home sleep tests to assess sleep ...

Chronic sleep deprivation is a growing public health issue that continues to have devastating effects on individuals’ lives.

People who score poorly on a sleep test are more likely to show signs of faster brain ageing, a new study says. This may be because poor sleep is linked to increased inflammation of the brain, the ...

You only need 46 minutes of extra sleep to function better. What you really need, researchers say, is just 46 extra minutes of sleep than usual. And that could make all the difference to your health.

Insomnia can be caused by a number of factors including stress, anxiety and poor diet SLEEP is vital to sustaining life – so much so that getting too little time in the land of nod can be gravely ...

A multiple sleep latency test (MSLT), also known as a daytime nap opportunity study, is a sleep study that measures excessive daytime sleepiness. The test evaluates how fast you fall asleep in a quiet ...

It might be worth working a little bit harder to get that much-desired, but often elusive, good night's sleep. Deep sleep clears the mind of waste just as a "dishwasher" cleans dirty plates and ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep apnea.Central sleep ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...