Dear Dr. K: I’ve always been very active in my sleep. I used to tell people I was a sleepwalker, but it’s really much more involved than that. I often act out my dreams, and recently I threw a lamp across my bedroom, because I dreamed I was pitching a baseball. Have you heard of [...]

Disrupted sleep might cause the hypertension, expert says… Middle-aged women who suffer from a common condition called restless legs syndrome may be at increased risk of high blood pressure, U.S. researchers report. Restless legs syndrome is a sensory motor disorder that causes intense, unpleasant leg sensations, and an…

Dreams are one of the more elusive processes that occur in the human brain. Of course there are some aspects of dreaming that we can define. We can confidently say that dreams are a series of images, ideas, emotions and sensations that occur involuntarily in our minds during certain stages of sleep. Yet we don't [...]

How to go to sleep quickly? Does this question seem similar to you? Yeah, this is the most common question among people these days. Many people toss and turn all night, when they are trying to get some sleep. Sometimes, this is even worse. You may not even wink the whole night. Al last, when [...]

In the world today, nearly three million people and even some animals suffer from a chronic sleep disorder called narcolepsy. According to PubMed Health, narcolepsy is a condition that causes “excessive sleep and frequent daytime sleep attacks.” These attacks can occur at anytime during the day including during wo…