Learn how an afternoon snooze can help boost your health, alertness and more… Experts recommend that adults get seven to eight hours of sleep a night, but for most of us, life often gets in the way of the best bedtime intentions. Whether it’s due to a new baby at home or because you’ve been [...]

A signaling system in the brain previously shown to regulate sleep is also responsible for inducing lethargy during illness, according to research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. The research implies that a new class of drugs developed to treat sleep disorders can re…

If employees fall asleep on the job while working at most companies in Richmond, Virginia, they will get fired. According to a report, companies in other places are beginning to allow employees to take naps on the job. Employees can take “time out” much like kindergarteners. Employees who can’t keep their ey…

Alcohol is known to increase slow-wave sleep during the first half of sleep, but then become disruptive. A new study of the relationship between sleep and heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep has found that alcohol interferes with the restorative functions of sleep. Large amounts of alcohol are known to shorten sleep lat…

Forget about counting sheep, millions of Britons now listen to nature tapes, wave sounds and soft music to help them fall asleep. Researchers found it takes on average 37 minutes a night trying to get to sleep, with many of us now turning to noise in a bid to get them off. One in five [...]