We all need sleep, but does everyone need eight hours a night? Experts discuss how much sleep people need, how sleep impacts health, and tips to get more shuteye.

Researchers using continuous glucose monitoring uncover how bedtime habits and sleep length directly affect blood sugar stability, highlighting sleep as a powerful tool in managing diabetes risk and ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in our understanding of how memories form in the brain and how this process may be disrupted by not getting enough sleep. The findings offer exciting insights into ...

How accurate is your smartwatch? Learn how Apple and Samsung smartwatches use motion and HR to track sleep, and why you ...

Females sleep less, wake up more often and get less restorative sleep than males, according to a new animal study by CU Boulder researchers. The findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

While a solid eight hours of uninterrupted rest is the dream, Dr. Ruchir Patel, a triple-board-certified sleep physician, clarifies that waking up briefly is a standard part of the human sleep cycle.

Desperate for sleep, you go to a sleep clinic, where your head is fitted with electrodes to record your brain waves through various sleep stages. In the morning, you report that you barely slept at ...

Disrupted sleep schedules may change breast tissue and immune function, helping aggressive breast cancer grow faster.

A collaborative study conducted by researchers at the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) and ŌURA found that while sleep duration recovers quickly ...