Chronic sleep deprivation can drastically affect health and appearance, emphasizing the need for 7-9 hours of sleep nightly.

Sleep is often the first thing we sacrifice when life gets busy, but the effects of not getting enough rest go far beyond ...

Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically ...

Racing thoughts can make it difficult to fall or stay asleep. Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D., president of the American ...

Sleep is very beneficial for your immune system, especially if you have an infection or inflammation. Not getting enough ...

Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically ...

They can be affected by brain changes. The purpose of REM sleep is still unknown. It's difficult, therefore, to assess the health effects of dream deprivation apart from all other effects of sleep ...

An Accrington firm has predicted what our bodies could look like in 2050 if we continue to live on six hours of sleep a day.

But the effects of poor sleep are more than just mental; sleep deprivation, especially when it happens over the long term, is strongly associated with worse heart health, a weakened immune system ...

Sleep loss has sometimes catastrophic effects on risky decision-making. However, it is unknown to what extent such deficits are exacerbated with increasing duration of sleep deprivation (SD) and ...

Like mice, people who are naturally short sleepers seem to be immune to the ill effects of sleep deprivation. If anything, they do extraordinarily well. Research suggests that such people are ...