Anyone who has ever woken up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep knows the toll insomnia can take the following day. More than 17% of adults had trouble staying asleep most ...

A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that ...

Tossing and turning could mean more than just a night of poor sleep. New research suggests that middle-aged people who experience interrupted sleep could be at an increased risk of developing memory ...

Finally, a justification for your deep, abiding hatred of the night-owl neighbors who won’t turn down their godforsaken TV set: Interrupted sleep is damn near just as bad as outright sleep deprivation ...

They sleep in stretches of about two hours in the first week, rising to three and four hours in the weeks afterward This explains why new mothers are exhausted even when they’re getting the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- People who have more interrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s are more than twice as likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to a new study. In the early ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that causes abnormal breathing ...

There is a connection between sleep and heart problems. Frequent night-time awakenings and disrupted sleep can strain the heart more than short sleep duration. This can further raise the risk of ...

MIAMI - It's something a lot of us do. To wind down at bedtime, we mindlessly scroll through our phones until we begin to fall asleep. But just how 'mindless' is it? "What you are telling your mind is ...