Polyphasic sleep divides rest into multiple short periods each day. It may offer more waking hours and flexibility for certain schedules. However, it can increase health risks over time from sleep ...

Official advice says that healthy adults require 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night for physical and mental health. Anything below this and you risk long-term sleep deprivation, which in turn elevates ...

Can knowledge of how our ancestors slept truly lead us to a life of more natural—and healthy —sleeping patterns? Authors on the Internet have been exploring that possibility, writing a spate of recent ...

Advanced technology now enables researchers to measure neonatal sleep patterns, sparking renewed interest in studying how sleep affects brain development. In a recent study published in Pediatric ...

A new study shows that simple early-life habits, like giving yogurt at age one and ensuring steady night sleep, may influence how strongly children develop memory skills by preschool age. Study: ...