Women can lead the way to creating a culture -- not just in the business world, but in all aspects of our lives -- that is less toxic, less sleep-deprived, and less likely to burn out the best and the brightest among us.

I am a firm believer in the proverbial good night's sleep because as a dermatologist, I know that sleep deprivation has very definite physical, mental and emotional consequences -- and they are not pretty.

I am amazed at the sheer volume of funny stories I received this week reflecting the idiotic things we do when sleep deprived. Here are some of the "best of the best" from a variety of good sports.

Consider insomnia as a symptom of a deeper problem. The answer is not sleep medication, or psychotropic medication, as the medications themselves are toxic to the organs, have side-effects, are often addictive.

"Women's lack of sleep has become a societal crisis bordering on a national health epidemic."

When I am exhausted, I can't remember where I parked my car after a five minute run into the store, but the second my husband looks at me cross-eyed, I am a ball of fury and sobs.

We're often told, "You should sleep on it" before you make an important decision. Why is that? How does "sleeping on it" help your decision-making pro...

American women (and men), let's sleep! Here is my top ten "don't" list if you want your beauty sleep!

As we probe, we begin to find answers to Freud's age-old question: What do women want? It is not, as Freud suspected, exactly what men want. Beneath their achievement-oriented lives, most women crave passion, beauty, connection, and a sense of the sacred.

It's four days into Sleep Challenge 2010 -- the experiment Arianna Huffington and I kicked off to try to encourage American women to get more rest. So how's this American woman doing?

I used to think that sleeping was a necessary evil. There was so much that I wanted to do when I was young that I tried everything to train myself to need as little sleep as possible.

People don't often realize how important getting just enough sleep is for a fresh, energetic and healthy life. Find out if your sleeping habits are ai...

Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong ...

If not sleeping is becoming more the norm; it's time to take a look at your food. Yes, you heard me, your food. More and more evidence is showing that eating habits are linked to sleep habits.

Our internal body clocks are shaped by the weather as well as by the seasons, scientists have discovered. It is hoped the research, led by a team from...

Mind techniques can be effective for getting to sleep, but will be exponentially more so if you partner then with a physical practice. And I'm talking about really moving, too.

Scientists have known for a long time that there's some kind of relationship between our dreams and the sounds and sensations happening around us and ...

Sleep is essential for memory, including learning motor skills after practicing them. But sleep--and when that sleep takes place--may also enhance mem...

If you learned upon landing that your plane's pilots had overshot the airport by 150 miles because they fell asleep at the controls, what would you feel?

A woman who self-sacrifices for her children who can do for themselves hurts her body and sets a poor example for her daughters and sons on how a woman needs to care for herself.

Everyone experiences dreamless nights at least once in a while, so unless we're all terrible at remembering dreams, something else must be going on....

American women are sleep-deprived, and paying a heavy price for it. So, how about launching a sleep challenge to your team at work -- including your boss?