Disrupted sleep patterns in Alzheimer’s disease may be more than a symptom—they could be a driving force. Researchers at ...

New research using fruit flies reveals that sleep loss can trigger both increased eating and sleeping—if the deprivation leads to energy depletion.

Now, a new neuroscientific study from MIT suggests a fascinating explanation. In short, when your attention vanishes after a ...

Although not common, the short sleep gene allows the lucky few to enjoy 5 hours of sleep or less a night and still wake up ...

Before electricity, humans naturally slept in two phases, waking for an hour or two around midnight for quiet activities.