Dr. Rinn: Our understanding of sleep as a fundamental process for both physical and mental health is really growing. Some of the functions of sleep include impacts on mental health, memory, immune ...

Teens aren’t getting enough sleep! And a two-decade study suggests it’s getting worse. Scientists found that the number of high schoolers getting insufficient sleep — less than seven hours a night — ...

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Melatonin and chamomile aren't enough. Here are 12 sleep techniques most people haven't tried, ranked easiest to most involved.

Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less than before.

If you struggle to fall asleep or you fall asleep only to wake up at 3 AM staring at the ceiling, there are natural, research-backed remedies that can actually help.

Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we spend so much time sleeping since at least the ancient Greeks, but pinning down ...

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

We asked experts about the benefits of red light therapy for sleep—and which devices are most effective for adding it to your ...

When you think of people with sleep apnea, maybe you picture loud, cartoonish snoring, or assume you’d know something was wrong because you’d wake up feeling completely wiped out every morning. But ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

But a handful of studies have shown that sleep position just might have more impact than any other factor. And when it comes ...