Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy, which is why, while there is no single, magic number of hours per sleep…
Research shows that getting enough healthy sleep can reduce the risk of dementia. It cleans contaminants from the brain, and in fact, it’s so…
How much sleep do you need to keep your brain healthy? Here’s what the science says: 1) Not getting eight hours? Don’t panic: There…
Sleep seems to play a big — though still mysterious — role in brain health. And mounting research is pointing to a strong link…
This event has passed. You can read highlights from the interview here. On Thursday May 25th 10:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET, Dr. Roger Wong,…
Without good sleep, getting through the day is a challenge — especially in stressful times. Beyond the day-to-day, unrestful sleep is linked to hypertension,…
University of Sydney research fellow Camilla Hoyos discusses new findings that indicate treatment of sleep apnea can improve memory in people with cognitive decline….
Researchers discusses the ways in which people’s quality of sleep may influence their daily symptoms of Alzheimer’s. We’ve probably all experienced how a poor…
“Can I look into your future and can I accurately estimate how much beta-amyloid you’re going to accumulate over the next two years, the…
You can’t make up for a night of sleep completely, but with that being said, if you are sleep deprived during the weekdays and…
You can break up your sleep schedule throughout the day (e.g., getting two hours and then six hours later), but you also don’t want…
Oftentimes, people want a straightforward answer to this question, but sleep need is a distribution on a bell curve. The American Academy of Sleep…
Sleep is like breathing and eating—something our body really needs to do. Every organ is impacted by sleep deprivation and research shows that it’s…
Throughout the night, you’ll cycle into light sleep, deep sleep, light sleep and then REM. You have about four to five of those cycles…
There’s this theory, probably the one that most people in the sleep field support, called the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis. It’s this idea that during…