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 ...

Flying across time zones? Anxious and uncomfortable while doing so? We asked medical experts the pros and cons of five different sleeping aids. That’s when sleeping pills and supplements can help. For ...

New data further points to a connection between poor sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. The FDA-approved ...

If you find it increasingly difficult to sleep as you age, you’re not alone. According to the CDC, 11.9 percent of adult ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older U.S. adults, particularly women, are more likely to use prescription sleep medications to try to get the minimum seven hours of sleep experts generally recommend, U.S.

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

If you've struggled with sleep for a while now, 2025 is the year to change that. Getting quality shuteye can help you perform better at work and in your day-to-day activities, and it's also known to ...

Many people think of melatonin as a natural nod-off aid, kind of like chamomile tea in pill form. Even the name of the popular dietary supplement sounds sleepy — that long “o” sound almost makes you ...

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

New research reveals insomnia's deep links to cardiovascular health, urging us to treat it as a core medical issue, not a ...

The link was only found in white patients. Doctors say there are a lot of unknowns in the link between sleeping pills and dementia risk. About 4% of adults over the age of 20 use prescription sleeping ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Having sex at bedtime is perceived by some as being as effective as taking a sleeping pill for getting a good night's sleep, according to findings from a small survey conducted via ...