ALTHOUGH our sleep patterns can change as we get older, the amount of sleep we need remains unchanged: Seven to nine hours a night. However, this target can be difficult to achieve, as shifting sleep ...

The end of daylight saving time can disrupt your body's internal clock, or circadian rhythm. Studies have linked time changes to increased health risks, including depressive episodes and car accidents ...

From babies who cry through the night to teens who sleep all morning to older adults who just can’t seem to catch any z’s, sleep patterns and the amount of sleep you need change throughout our lives.

Some fish, it turns out, are morning people. They swim hard during daylight, sleep mostly at night, and tend to live longer. Others drift into daytime napping early in life, move less vigorously, and ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Sleep Clinician gives her top tips on a simple Easter reset for feeling refreshed and revitalised after the clocks change ...

Preliminary results from the "SNAPSHOT study", an NIH-funded collaborative research project between the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and MIT Media Lab ...

People whose sleep apnea changes dramatically from night to night are 30% more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or ...