When you fall asleep each night, your body goes into restore mode, repairing tissues and balancing your immune system. Your brain is also pretty active, clearing out waste while consolidating episodes ...

An hour or two after my school-age son has gone to bed, he sometimes wakes up from a nightmare, walks to my room and mumbles incoherently about what’s scaring him. But he seems off, and I can't get ...

You won’t need to Ferberize yourself. Not exactly.

Most people think of a bad night's sleep as a minor inconvenience, something to push through with an extra coffee and a bit ...

"Parasomnias" is a term that covers a range of sleep disorders and disturbances, from common occurrences like sleepwalking to the truly bizarre, like "exploding head syndrome." If you experience any ...

Psychologists have been thinking about how someone with insomnia thinks about sleep. Their efforts suggest that an insomniac's thinking is part of the problem. And, research indicates, changing that ...