A multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) is an objective way to measure sleep quality. It helps diagnose narcolepsy and insomnia.

Last week in Healthbeat 4, Jessica Bowman showed you the first step to take if you believe you’re at risk of sleep apnea. Now ...

In my twenties, I saw my episodes as a (mostly) harmless quirk, akin to sleep walking. They didn’t always keep me in my family’s good graces, but I felt otherwise fine. I brushed them off for years.

The study published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology tracked 1,300 full-time workers, who worked at least 46 hours per week in an average. The participants and they lifestyle were ...

The study conducted in the Netherlands by Mirte van der Ham and her colleagues aimed to understand how often sleep issues happen in adults with ADHD. They studied the common sleep complaints from ...

Research suggests that chronic poor sleep raises your risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and metabolic issues, and can make you more prone to infections. Some long-term studies ...

Polysomnography, also known as a sleep study, is a test in which a doctor observes you while you’re sleeping. Doctors use this test to identify possible sleep disorders. A doctor may perform ...

Sleep researchers dedicate their careers to understanding how and why we sleep – so what do they do to get a better night’s rest? It might be reassuring to know that even the experts aren’t ...

A new decade-long study reveals that the increasingly sedentary nature of modern work, along with irregular schedules and technology dependence, may be fundamentally altering how workers sleep — and ...

But now a study has found that a select group of people might be both. And for these “super sleepers”, the idea that we all need eight hours of sleep a night to perform at our best is a myth.