Current sleep remedies risk addiction and memory problems, but a new class of medications may avoid these issues. A good night’s sleep is hard to get— up to 70 million Americans have disorders that disrupt their nightly slumber and take a toll on their daily activities, according to the latest government ...

Poor sleeping habits can lead to overeating, but can unhealthy diets keep you up at night? Getting enough sleep and eating right are well-known behaviors for good health. Keeping a balanced diet is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy weight, and those who get 7 to 8 hours ...

The latest research on kids and sleep homes in on the biggest dream-robber. Children are sleeping less, and there’s no shortage of reasons why: with television, video games and the internet, they are finding it harder to shut down and go to sleep. Over the last century, the time children spend ...

Poor sleep can lead to weight gain, but now researchers say the relationship works both ways. Studies consistently show that sleep deprivation is linked to obesity and that heavier individuals tend to report more problems getting a good night’s slumber. Now researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report at ...

What does sleep have to do with weight? The latest research finds a link between lack of sleep and hunger. New research published in the journal SLEEP shows that getting more shuteye could lead to less overeating, and that lack of sleep has different influences on hunger in men and women. To ...

Scientists say that playing games before bed can be bad for your sleep habits. What are your pre-bedtime rituals? According to Gamepolitics, a new study by the Sleep Laboratory at Flinders University found that "long periods of game playing before bed time caused significant sleep disruptions in a group of teenage ...

How important is sleep for children? Getting too little could leave them more emotional and impulsive. As a nation, we don’t get enough sleep. And we’re passing along our night-owl habits to the next generation, which could leave them with less control over their emotions and more prone to impulsivity, according ...

Staying up late cramming? Your grades might suffer for it Teens who stay up late at night cramming are more likely to have academic problems the following day — doing poorly on the test they studied for — finds a new study by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), researchers. Since students ...

You might be surprised to learn what kinds of TV shows are too scary for kids If your kid is having trouble sleeping, take a closer look at what he’s been watching on TV. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics finds that violent or age-inappropriate programming could increase the ...

Want to absorb information without even knowing it? Researchers have unlocked the secrets of implicit learning It’s rare that a computer science lab brings us a scenario worthy of a spy novel, but that’s what happened earlier this month when Hristo Bojinov, a researcher at Stanford University, divulged his latest project. ...