By Walker Simon Forget counting sheep, ditch the sleeping pills and don’t bother with a glass of warm milk, a good remedy for women who can’t sleep is a happy marriage. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have found that women who are happy with their husbands or partners have less trouble sleeping than th…

A new theory about sleep’s benefits for the brain gets a boost from fruit flies in Science. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found evidence that sleep, already recognized as a promoter of long-term memories, also helps clear room in the brain for new learning. The critical question: H…

Research on the sleeping brain has revealed some fascinating stage-dependent interactions between areas involved in formation and storage of long term memories. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 26th issue of the journal Neuron, may also provide a framework for further understanding the role of sleep in memor…

Animal species that sleep for longer do not suffer as much from parasite infestation and have a greater concentration of immune cells in their blood according to a study published in the open-access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The question of why we sleep has long puzzled scientists. Brian Preston from the Max Planck In…