Millions of people experience the frustrating pattern of falling asleep normally, only to find themselves wide awake at 3am night after night. While occasional sleep disruptions are normal, this ...

Night after night, many people find themselves jolting awake at a strangely precise time, staring at the clock and wondering ...

Several studies in the past decade have revealed that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries may possess a degree of consciousness that ...

You might have noticed your normal sleep pattern has changed. Some of us may be sleeping more, and some of us may be sleeping less. Life has changed dramatically for many of us, with our usual daily ...

It’s hard to overstate the importance of sleep for our well-being. When our sleep is disrupted, we become more susceptible to illness and more likely to suffer cognitive impairment, poor work ...

“My child wakes up at 2am and is up for 1-2 hours!” One of us remembers very clearly the first time her daughter ended up doing this. At around 14 months, she woke up in the middle of the night and ...

When Carol Gee turned 55, she made a new friend: 4 a.m. In the past, she usually slept through it. But once she entered menopause, it became her new wake-up time. "I would go to sleep and wake up ...

When your alarm goes off after nine hours of sleep and you still feel like you could sleep for several more, your body might be trying to tell you something important. While we often hear about the ...

A lack of sleep and reduced physical activity during pregnancy are linked to risk of preterm birth, according to new research led by the Stanford School of Medicine. In the study, which will publish ...