Meanwhile, beta blocker medications tend to reduce REM sleep, which is when most dreaming occurs, but research has found that ...

Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' lifetime rate of falls by nearly 9% and brain decline by 2%, among other ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs mimic the GLP-1 hormone, which helps control insulin and blood sugar levels, decreases appetite and slows digestion of food. The drugs initially were developed to ...

The benefits of reducing sleep medications include a reduction in falls and cognitive impairment and improvements in life expectancy and quality of life.

A reduction in prescriptions of sleep drugs for older adults is associated with substantial health and economic benefits, ...

A study published in 2023 found that using sleeping pills to get some shut-eye could reduce the buildup of toxic clumps of ...

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

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a GLP-1 agonist for treating sleep apnea. Here’s how it works and what you can ...

A five-year review of over 130,000 adults with insomnia found that long-term melatonin use was linked to a higher risk of heart failure and death, prompting researchers to call for further study into ...

A new study in The Lancet reveals that giving up sleeping pills can reduce fall risks, slow cognitive decline, and increase life expectancy among older adults.

Trouble sleeping? Nowadays, there's a long list of sleep hacks you can try, from TikTok's sleepy girl mocktail to listening to people crunching foil in an ASMR video. But if sleep continues to elude ...

A recent study revealed that middle-aged and elderly individuals could age more gracefully and save maximum money by discontinuing prescribed sleep medications.According to research published in The ...