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

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

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 ...

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.

A SLEEP aid often marketed as ‘natural’ has been linked to a higher risk of heart failure and death. People taking the ...

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

The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you'll hear amusing tales of people sleepwalking, taking off their clothes or even standing up and peeing into the ...

Patients come to me frequently with this question: "Do you have a pill that will let me sleep through the night, lose weight, get rid of my stress and depression and not have side effects?" No, I ...

In America alone, tens of millions take sleeping pills to rest each night. Yet sleeping pills don’t produce natural sleep. They worsen memory. They increase the risk of death. But people can’t stop.

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 ...

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto. In a study published in 2023, ...