Back-to-school means getting back on a regular sleep schedule, which isn't so easy after a summer of fun. Doctors said getting a good night's sleep is critical for students, and getting back on their ...

What should you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and can’t fall back asleep? This is one of the most common—and frustrating—forms of insomnia. It turns out there’s a biological reason for ...

Before you roll over, consider whether those extra minutes of sleep are truly restorative. It’s unfortunate when your eyes pop open long before your alarm is set to go off. In some cases, you could ...

Stress and anxiety caused by hormone fluctuations means that waking up at 3 a.m. has been plaguing my sleep for months. In these moments of staring at the ceiling, heart pounding and thoughts racing, ...

People complain to me ceaselessly - they can’t get back to sleep. Yet returning to sleep engages the same tools that help you first fall asleep. If sleep is as necessary to life as food, why is ...

Men are likely to wake because the frontal areas of the brain that generate deep, restorative sleep gradually shrink with age ...