Henry*, a 50-year-old accountant, came into my office bleary-eyed. He told me he hadn’t slept well in months. He described tossing and turning at night and having trouble waking up in the morning.

SAN FRANCISCO -- People who have more interrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s are more than twice as likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to a new study. In the early ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Scientists from the University of Georgia have discovered something troubling about teenagers who don’t get enough quality sleep: their brains may be forming connectivity patterns that ...

Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep (while discarding others), or the deep ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A recent article released in Frontiers in Psychology offers new insight into ...

Restless or too little sleep can make us feel unfocused and indecisive the next day. Valerii Apetroaiei/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too ...

Snoring, sleep apnea, snorting, long naps and too much or too little sleep may play into your likelihood of a stroke. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

Researchers and policymakers have paid attention in recent years to how everything from housing to racism and pollution influences health, and how such social determinants contribute to health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman sleeping in bed with a pink sleep mask on. Having trouble getting to sleep at night? Experts suggest that sleeping on an ...

No one likes to walk into work after just a few fitful hours of sleep. But now there’s evidence that not getting enough sleep may have more serious consequences than dark circles under your eyes the ...