Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

OxStu's breakdown on the science behind sleep, providing practical advice on how to establish a good sleep routine.

The brain will cycle through these various stages of sleep several times per night, taking about 90 minutes to two hours to complete a single cycle. All of these cycles are important for human health.

Millions struggle with sleep, and daylight saving time only makes it worse. Can new strategies finally help Americans get better sleep?

A new book explores the myth that getting eight hours of shut-eye is how we should be sleeping. Its author, Dr Merijn van de Laar, tells long-term insomniac Zoë Beaty why unlocking how our ancestors s ...

If you want to learn more about sleeping patterns, here's how to decode your sleep cycles to make the most of your shuteye. Light sleep is the beginning of your sleep cycle and your body's way ...

Sleep is essential in sustaining human life. Researchers at University of Tsukuba found that, for female athletes, ...

Exercise improves sleep quality and helps treat sleep disorders by regulating circadian rhythms, reducing stress, and ...

Study reveals that sleep traits predict over 15% of body characteristics across 15 physiological systems, with visceral fat, cardiovascular health, and metabolism deeply intertwined with sleep ...

Now, new research shows that a common prescription sleep aid can disrupt this essential process. In 2012, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC ...