When young adults start working, the amount of daily physical activity they do increases sharply, only to fall away again over the new few years, while the amount of sleep they get falls slightly, ...

Changes in sleep are a natural part of aging. Many older adults cope with problems such as insomnia, apnea, restless legs and changes in their body’s internal rhythms. Co-occurring disorders and side ...

Researchers led by Aurore Perrault at Concordia University, Canada and Valeria Kebets at McGill University, Canada, have used ...

A new international study drawing on 73 million nights of data reveals that our sleep patterns are seriously shaped by the day of the week, the season, and where we live. Working with sleep data from ...

As we get older, getting a good night’s sleep becomes even more important for our health and well-being. Contrary to popular belief, seniors shouldn’t settle for fewer hours of sleep. This article ...

Scientists have discovered five different types of sleep in humans, each with its own distinct brain activity pattern and impacts on health and behaviour, an advance that could lead to new depression ...

The model also offers new ways to think about other common patterns. One surprising finding is that waking up earlier as we get older may not be driven mainly by changes to the body clock, as often ...

For older adults, too much or too little sleep has been tied to cognitive issues. By Dana G. Smith Getting too little sleep later in life is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Daily use of electronic screens shortly before bed was associated with a 33% higher rate of poor sleep and approximately 50 minutes less sleep weekly. People with evening chronotypes experienced ...

Sleep influences nearly every aspect of our health, and chronic disruptions to sleep patterns have been linked to increased .