Study suggests sleep patterns shifted with modern-day habits. July 23, 2014— -- Though closing our eyes and drifting off into unconsciousness is one of the simplest tasks we perform each day, ...

Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes lower oxygen levels during sleep, is linked to degeneration of brain regions associated with memory through damage to the brain's small blood vessels, ...

With more than one in 10 Americans facing an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and high blood pressure because of untreated sleep apnea, a new University of Maryland School of Medicine study ...

IT IS HARD to overstate the importance of sleep. Regular hours of rest offer organisms of all sizes a chance to consolidate memories, repair cells and boost the health of their immune systems. But the ...

What is a sleep study? A sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, is a diagnostic test that monitors various body functions while a person is asleep. It is most commonly used to diagnose sleep ...

Can what you eat affect the way you sleep or the types of dreams you have? A recent study asked just that. In the study, published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, 40.2% of participants ...