The timing of your sleep patterns could be linked to increased dementia risk, according to a new study. Each person's circadian rhythm, often defined as the body's internal 24-hour clock, keeps the ...

Insomnia is no longer just a nuisance that makes mornings miserable. Large cohort studies now suggest that chronic insomnia, ...

Sleep plays a key role in attention, memory, and overall brain health. In recent years, research has found that chronic sleep problems such as sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality or quantity are ...

A new study has found a link between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. The research from China, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia by the Alzheimer’s Association, ...

Getting enough quality sleep every night is important for good health. However, some people may still be unclear about what “quality sleep” entails and what impact sleep really has on their health.

Improving sleep by optimising bedroom temperature and daytime light may therefore have also beneficial effects on common symptoms in dementia. We have analyzed millions of hours of data, which has ...

We don’t experience depression uniformly, and a new study finds that some symptoms may be more strongly linked with developing dementia later in life.

“Poor sleep isn’t just about feeling tired — it can actually affect how your brain ages,” says Raj Dasgupta, MD, a board-certified internal and sleep medicine specialist at Huntington Health in ...