Henry*, a 50-year-old accountant, came into my office bleary-eyed. He told me he hadn’t slept well in months. He described tossing and turning at night and having trouble waking up in the morning.

Sleep problems are so common that they can often be ignored. As one patient told me, “All of my friends have trouble sleeping.” It's true that about 50 to 70 million Americans have sleep or ...

Snoring, sleep apnea, snorting, long naps and too much or too little sleep may play into your likelihood of a stroke. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A recent article released in Frontiers in Psychology offers new insight into ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- People who have more interrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s are more than twice as likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to a new study. In the early ...

Restless or too little sleep can make us feel unfocused and indecisive the next day. Valerii Apetroaiei/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Scientists from the University of Georgia have discovered something troubling about teenagers who don’t get enough quality sleep: their brains may be forming connectivity patterns that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman sleeping in bed with a pink sleep mask on. Having trouble getting to sleep at night? Experts suggest that sleeping on an ...

A new analysis of data from older Americans indicates that chronic sleep disturbances are associated with a shorter lifespan ...