Getting quality sleep and enough of it is essential for mental and physical health. If you've ever had a bad night's sleep, then you know how much it can affect your entire day. If this becomes a ...

Sleep is our cornerstone for physical and mental health, yet for millions, it remains elusive due to sleep disorders. These conditions disrupt regular sleep patterns, leading to a host of physical, ...

You don't have to lie awake for hours past bedtime to have insomnia. Having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and even waking up too early are all signs of a sleep disorder. To help you ...

Over a 5-year period, the incidence of sleep disorders was higher in people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) vs those without. The absolute risk of being diagnosed with any sleep disorder was higher ...

Sleep-related eating disorders can be disruptive, dangerous and hard to notice. Here's what medical experts say about symptoms, causes and treatment. Joshua Cox-Steib Joshua Cox-Steib is a sociologist ...

Sleep apnea and other types of sleep disorders appear to elevate the risk for some types of cancer, specifically prostate cancer, more so than others. But the overall risk can be highly variable, and ...

Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is a rare sleep disorder that causes extreme tiredness during the day for no clear reason. The word “idiopathic” means there’s no known cause, and “hypersomnia” means ...

People with certain types of long-term sleep disorders may use a medicine called sodium oxybate to help treat their condition. This medicine is taken at night and may help people with narcolepsy to ...

It’s the stuff of nightmares. You wake up, and you can’t move your body. A shadowy figure looms over you, but it feels too real to be a dream. If you’ve experienced this, you might have had a sleep ...