Anyone can have trouble maintaining sleep cycles, but older adults are far more likely to have difficulty sleeping than younger adults. Often this will simply result in them taking daytime naps or ...

About one-third of adults worldwide say they sometimes struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep. If you’re one of them, you may have tried sleep medications to find temporary tranquility. There is a ...

A strategy developed by Canadian researchers for encouraging older patients with insomnia to wean themselves from sleeping pills and improve their sleep through behavioral techniques is effective, ...

So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there through the night. About a third of U.S. adults aren’t sleeping enough. Teenagers’ sleep is even worse; 8 in 10 teens are sleep deprived. Our ...

Sleeping pills might help you doze off, but the sleep you get may not be as restorative. When mice were given zolpidem, a ...

The agency is recommending slashing the sleeping pill dosage in half for women. Jan. 10, 2013— -- The manufacturers of Ambien, Ambien CR, Zolpimist, Edluar, and other sleeping medications that ...

A guide to the different types of medications for treating insomnia, their risks and when experts recommend using them. By Knvul Sheikh About a third of adults around the globe say they sometimes ...