Anyone can have trouble maintaining sleep cycles, but older adults are far more likely to have difficulty sleeping than younger adults. Often this will simply result in them taking daytime naps or ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nursing home residents taking sleep aids such as Ambien are more likely to fall and fracture a hip than residents not being treated for insomnia, new research suggests.

While Americans are actually getting more zzz’s a night -- a whopping 18 minutes, but a one-third of seniors say they have to take a sleep aid in order to fall asleep. But do the rewards of sleep aids ...

New findings link commonly prescribed drugs to certain health risks—prompting experts to urge caution for older adults.

Many of us suffer from insufficient sleep, night after night, putting our physical health at risk. Sleep deprivation is linked to numerous health problems like high blood pressure, weight gain and ...

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Sleeping under five hours a night was associated with a greater risk of chronic health problems among those aged 50 or older, according to results of a new study that tracked individuals’ health over ...

One of adulthood’s quiet regrets is not sleeping more when we had the chance. Yet sleep seems to get even more elusive with ...

With daylight saving time fast approaching, our sleep cycles are about to get thrown for a loop. But don’t panic — you don’t have to rely on pharmaceutical sleep aids that leave you groggy or tired.

A new study reveals that melatonin supplements may increase heart failure risk by 90% in chronic insomnia patients, ...