American Academy of Sleep Medicine advises parents to seek medical advice before giving melatonin to children
Melatonin use among children and teenagers is on the rise, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports increased…
Melatonin use among children and teenagers is on the rise, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports increased…
Anxiety, autism, schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome each have their own distinguishing characteristics, but one factor bridging these and most other…
Humans help each other — it’s one of the foundations of civilized society. But a new study by scientists at…
Elementary school-age children who get less than nine hours of sleep per night have significant differences in certain brain regions…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many people to lose sleep, not to mention the loss of in-person activities and social interactions….
Stress boosts a kind of sleep in mice that subsequently relieves anxiety, according to new research that also pinpoints the…
Doctors who are sleep deprived have less empathy for patient pain and that perception affects their prescribing habits, according to…
Sleep health is increasingly recognized as important to overall health, and sleep disturbances and disorders are clinical problems that require…
An analysis of survey data collected between 2000 and 2020 as part of the National College Health Assessment found that…
A community’s sleep health is the most significant health predictor of children’s opportunities for positive growth and success, according to…
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect…
Not only does how well people with dementia sleep affect their symptoms the following day, but of particular significance is…
Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages…
New research published in the Journal of Sleep Research has examined how sleep might be impacted by media use—such as…
Children whose parents cannot afford diapers do not get quality sleep, according to a study by the Rutgers School of…
Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or…
Nearly half of heart disease patients have insomnia, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022, a scientific congress…
In recent years, the number of people worldwide who are dissatisfied or anxious about their sleep has been increasing due…
Some people’s lives got a lot busier with the onset of the pandemic. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science…
The menopause transition is associated with several health issues. The incidence of both sleep apnea and joint pain, for example,…
Most patients with sleep problems adopt maladaptive coping strategies – such as taking sleep aids, using caffeine, and taking daytime…
Children with insomnia symptoms are likely to persist with them as young adults and are significantly more likely to develop…
In a new study published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers…
More than half of nurses had difficulty sleeping during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic—and getting less sleep…
Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill can be enhanced if you can…
Multiple measures of sleep patterns and sleep efficiency are associated with lifetime diagnoses of mental illness, according to a new…
Missing out on the recommended seven or more hours of sleep per night could lead to more opportunities to make…
The struggle to get your child to go to sleep and stay asleep is something most parents can relate to….
A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient…
More sleep could offset children’s excess indulgence over the school holidays as new research from the University of South Australia…