Getting enough quality sleep each night is important for overall health, and developing good sleep hygiene practices can help people maintain and improve their sleep quality. Below, we explore what ...

All human beings need sleep. We spend a third of our lives asleep, and it’s as important as food, water or air to our survival. While scientists are still working to understand the exact nature of ...

Sleep state misperception is a condition where you underestimate how much you’ve slept the night before. You may feel like you were awake all night, but you actually slept for hours. It’s also called ...

When you stop to think about it, the idea that most mammals lose consciousness for a few hours each night is pretty strange. But sleep’s long evolutionary history serves as a testament to how ...

Sleep hygiene can include any habit that helps you wind down before bed and get the rest you need. Poor sleep hygiene, or habits that disrupt your internal clock, can cause sleep issues. For better ...

Do you struggle with falling asleep at night? Well, you're not alone. More than a third of adults in the U.S. don't get enough sleep on a regular basis, according to a February 2016 report from the ...

The best sleep is had over the course of a full night How much sleep you need is influenced by your genetics. It’s good to aim for between 7 and 9 hours every night, but some people may need 10 or be ...

“Approximately 15 percent of cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease (AD) might be prevented if effective interventions could be implemented to reduce sleep disorders.” That is the conclusion of a ...

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust and the Lundbeck Foundation. Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental ...