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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older U.S. adults, particularly women, are more likely to use prescription sleep medications to try to get the minimum seven hours of sleep experts generally recommend, U.S.

New data further points to a connection between poor sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. The FDA-approved ...

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

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

If you've struggled with sleep for a while now, 2025 is the year to change that. Getting quality shuteye can help you perform better at work and in your day-to-day activities, and it's also known to ...

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

Walk into any pharmacy and you’ll find shelves lined with expensive supplements promising everything from better sleep to reduced anxiety. But tucked away in the basic medicine section, there’s a $2 ...

Researchers found a correlation between consistent and frequent sleep medication use and higher rates of dementia, specifically in white adults. A recent study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s ...

New research links common sleep medications to significantly higher risks of death, cancer and dementia. Even users taking ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Having sex at bedtime is perceived by some as being as effective as taking a sleeping pill for getting a good night's sleep, according to findings from a small survey conducted via ...