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 ...

Sleep has emerged as the most important factor for life expectancy bar smoking in a new study from Oregon Health & Science University.

Having trouble getting enough rest? A new scientific review suggests there might be a link between eating fermented foods and getting better sleep. A number of human and animal studies have discovered ...

What is a sleep study? A sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, is a diagnostic test that monitors various body functions while a person is asleep. It is most commonly used to diagnose sleep ...

People in Singapore and Japan get the least sleep, while the Dutch and New Zealanders sleep the most, according to a new sleep study published last week in Science Advances. While the insights about ...

Sleep studies provide a lot of important information but aren’t very patient-friendly. So, researchers redesigned the process, eliminating the multitudes of wires normally used while producing results ...

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. For most of my adult life, I’ve been ...

For many years, researchers have conducted true experiments to determine the effects of sleep deprivation in adults. These studies have demonstrated conclusively that cognitive processing is ...

The Consortium of Sleep Psychology created one of the largest research studies on campus, focused on the relationship between sleep and obesity. They received a National Institute of Health (NIH) R15 ...

Sleep is a regular topic in our conversations. In my role as Research Editor at Medical News Today, I come across research studies into sleep regularly. But, despite our insights into why sleep is ...