Here’s why sufficient sleep matters, how much you really need and some evidence-based support for better rest.

People with idiopathic hypersomnia sleep up to 18 hours daily yet never feel rested. New research reveals the devastating ...

Getting enough sleep is vital for our mental and physical health, and regularly missing out on rest can lead to sleep deprivation, and with it, symptoms like fatigue, irritability, grogginess and ...

— -- The need for sleep is universal with everyone both young and old needing to get some shut-eye to stay healthy. With our own Dan Childs, head of the ABC News Medical Unit, undergoing an ...

Americans, by and large, are starved for sleep. While seven to nine hours of sleep a night is generally recommended, a survey by US News revealed 58% of us sleep six to seven hours a night, while one ...

Your body goes through four stages of sleep — here's how to extend the deep sleep phase for optimal memory processing and ...