Disrupted sleep is the fuel that keeps the fire of chronic pain roaring. Dreams, sometimes of the frightening variety, can keep us from a sound sleep. But there are other terrors lurking in the dark ...

We might associate nightmares with young children, but actually most adults experience nightmares from time to time, and up to 8% of adults experience them weekly. I'm someone who finds it incredibly ...

But nightmares come in all shapes and sizes, Nielsen says. In some instances, a bad dream’s setting or events may be innocent, but the emotions the dreamer feels are ones of terror, disgust or ...

Dreams of flying? Nightmares of teeth falling out? Falling off a cliff? As a sleep scientist at the University of Montreal, Michelle Carr has... A sleep scientist on why we have nightmares Dreams of ...

Michelle Carr was in high school when it first started happening — waking up and being unable to move. It was a terrifying experience, but one she eventually learned was a relatively common phenomenon ...

Several years ago, while visiting Madrid, I had the opportunity to visit the Prado Museum, one of the finest art museums in the world. It was there that I was able to see the original and world famous ...

Leading sleep expert reveals the latest science behind the dreaming brain and why we have nightmares in her new book. Why do we dream at all? What makes a person prone to nightmares? How do our bodies ...

As if nightmares aren't frightful enough, new research links frequent bad dreams to aging faster and dying earlier. Nightmare frequency is a stronger predictor of premature death than smoking, obesity ...