Before I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I didn’t think twice about sleep. I’d always been a night owl, but I went to bed reasonably early. And I never had trouble falling asleep or getting eight ...

A new study reveals that fragmented sleep causes cellular damage to the brain's blood vessels, providing further evidence to suggest that sleep disruption predisposes the brain to dementia. "We found ...

A study investigating potential subtypes of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) found that patients with IH who experience unrefreshing naps have less fragmented sleep compared with those who take refreshing ...

A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep in injured mice is linked to a loss of rapid-eye-movement (REM) ...

A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep in injured mice is linked to a loss of rapid-eye-movement (REM) ...

Missing out on quality sleep doesn’t just leave you tired the next day. Growing evidence suggests it may accelerate cognitive ...

Sleep is an incredible physical process. There is an early night surge of growth hormone to restore muscle and a slow drop in ...

Researchers have found an association between greater sleep fragmentation, defined as interruption of sustained sleep by repeated awakenings, and arteriosclerosis and subcortical infarcts in older ...