Certain kinds of sleep may be able to lower insulin resistance and diabetes risk, new research suggests. But other kinds of sleep may be detrimental.

A recent study has found that 7 hours and 18 minutes may be the optimal amount of sleep you need each night to lower your ...

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 ...

A new study points to the importance of getting answers about why you can’t sleep.

Study in the British Medical Journal looks at metabolic health of 23,000 participants and how our blood sugar is impacted by sleep ...

Sleeping for 7 hours and 18 minutes every night may be the sweet spot for warding off the risk of insulin resistance—the ...

A new study of more than 120,000 high school students found that many teenagers are not getting the recommended amount of ...

As humans grow older, their emotional stability and sleep patterns can change significantly. For instance, some past studies ...

Atrial fibrillation is the most common form of heart rhythm disorder and is linked to serious complications, including stroke ...

Lucid dreamers who heard puzzle-linked soundtracks while sleeping were more likely to solve those unsolved problems the next ...

The soothing sounds of pink noise, designed to obscure outside clamor and lull listeners into sleep, may not be so innocuous, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, with ...