Studies have shown time and again that healthy sleep may play a supportive role in aging well, with potential benefits and ...

Changes in sleep are a natural part of aging. Many older adults cope with problems such as insomnia, apnea, restless legs and changes in their body’s internal rhythms. Co-occurring disorders and side ...

Researchers led by Aurore Perrault at Concordia University, Canada and Valeria Kebets at McGill University, Canada, have used ...

When young adults start working, the amount of daily physical activity they do increases sharply, only to fall away again over the new few years, while the amount of sleep they get falls slightly, ...

You could have one of five types of sleep and this is what it means for your health - Findings could pave way for ...

A new international study drawing on 73 million nights of data reveals that our sleep patterns are seriously shaped by the day of the week, the season, and where we live. Working with sleep data from ...

For older adults, too much or too little sleep has been tied to cognitive issues. By Dana G. Smith Getting too little sleep later in life is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Insufficient sleep duration and late sleep onset, alone or in combination, were associated with increased glycemic variability in middle-aged and older adults. Suboptimal sleep, including inadequate ...

When the going gets tough, the tough … pop in a pacifier? That’s the surprising stress-busting move thousands of young adults in China are making — swapping melatonin and meditation for an adult-sized ...

If you think you're gaining an extra hour of sleep now that daylight saving time has ended, think again. The annual shifting back of the clocks an hour will commence at 2 a.m. Sunday, marking the end ...