When writing about my autistic daughter, Emma, I am often struck by how other people view what has been written. "She sounds just like my four year ...
We all know the type of person who can get by on four hours of sleep without a loss of function. However, for many, four hours of sleep is a nightmare...
Research presented at the International AC21 Research Festival points out that short sleep duration may lead to obesity through an increase of appetite via hormonal changes.
Did you know that getting enough sleep can boost the effectiveness of vitamin C? Catch more zzz's and you may be able to skip that glass of orange juice.
Good luck, right? But the recent evidence is overwhelming: Naps are not just physically restorative, but also improve perceptual skills, motor skills, reaction time and alertness.
If you're among the millions who get up before dawn or worse, then chances are you don't get to bed early enough to make up the difference in sleep time.
Over 90 percent of teens don't get enough Zzzzs. Alarmingly, if they drive on less than seven hours of sleep it's as if they drank a beer and drove. Help your child get the sleep they need.
Little by little, I'm taking advice on how to sleep better. I have already begun improving ... at least I am in bed right now.
Standing in front of my once bright-eyed, now baggy-eyed students, I am reminded how important sleep is for young undergraduates.
Need a reason to hit the snooze button a few more times? Sleep is as vital for survival as food, according to Dr. Mary Susan Esther, president of th...
Well, if I fall asleep by one, I get six hours of sleep. That's not too bad... Okay, now it's two. If I fall asleep RIGHT NOW I can manage five hours. I can function on five hours.
Teens who average fewer than eight hours of sleep on weeknights tend to eat more fatty foods and high-calorie snacks than their better-rested peers, a...
I am the American teenager with distracting digital devices at my bedside. That may be why I have trouble sleeping even though I live in a house that is quiet from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m
As a college sophomore, I hear about sleep-deprived students on a daily basis. In high school, my friends complained that SAT and AP prep work were ke...
Over the years, I have noticed an increasing problem in many of my teen patients: sleep deprivation.
You've done all the obvious stuff--cut out late-night caffeine, made sure your bedroom is dark and cozy, avoided scary movies or struggling with your...
Every week another celebrity shows up in Rehab. The addicted star has been a staple of plays, then movies, now unreality television. Are there any ways to present this massacre of talent?
Omar Khadr was only nine when his father, an alleged Al Qaeda financier, dragged him from Canada to Afghanistan and put him to work helping his Al Qaeda-connected friends. Khadr has said that he never had a choice.
We know that sleep has restorative effects on our bodies down to the cellular level, but how it all works from a biological perspective has been somewhat of a mystery.
We believe getting enough shuteye is the next feminist issue. After all, women have already broken glass ceilings in politics, sports, business and the media -- just imagine what we can do when we're fully awake.
For a person with chronic insomnia, the only thing worse than tossing and turning all night might be struggling through the day. A consistent lack o...
Better sleep may actually be one of the secret benefits of living longer and living healthier. A new study uncovers the details.
Like severe back pain or stomach flu, your world can stop dead in its tracks when you've got an distressing eye disorder. What if the problem in your eyes were associated with your sleep habits?
This whole "human sub-machine" is an integrated part of the larger machine of the environment. Every living thing is an interactive bio-computer programmed for adaptive intelligence.
Sleep disorders and chronic sleep loss put a serious ding into a sex life. No surprise there. The effects of sleep deprivation -- low energy, fatigue, and sleepiness -- won't inspire sex.
