Discover the effects of sleep deprivation on your brain and body, impacting cognition, mood, metabolism, and overall health.

Most people think of a bad night's sleep as a minor inconvenience, something to push through with an extra coffee and a bit ...

Researchers reveal that lack of sleep damages the myelin sheath in the brain and slows the rate of neural signal transmission ...

Drinking too much coffee can suppress our brain's ability to recover from chronic sleep deprivation, scientists have found. Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, ...

What happens to your brain after 14 days of limited sleep? Here's the somniaphage effect, how chronic sleep deprivation impacts memory, mood, and cognitive function, and why prioritising sleep is ...

We know poor sleep is often associated with deteriorating physical and mental health but for decades scientists have reported a strange phenomenon whereby acute sleep deprivation actually leads to ...

We turn clocks forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, but should we? Jessica Ferrell, a NEOMED professor, discusses her research on the ...

Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention. A new ...

Most of us know that good sleep is a pillar of good health, on par with exercise and nutrition. And yet, most of us have had a night (or many nights) when it all went sideways. Maybe you stayed out ...

Researchers propose new legal standards for sleep deprivation, warning that fatigue leads to false confessions and unreliable witness testimony.

Ever notice how after a night of tossing and turning, you suddenly have the willpower of a toddler in a candy store? There you are, bleary-eyed in the morning, making a beeline for the sweetest, most ...