"Alcohol affects sleep onset, duration and architecture," as the Lexicon of Psychiatry, Neurology, and the Neurosciences puts it, "increasing slow wave sleep" — the deep, wake-up-groggy kind — and ...

Believe it or not, ending your day with a glass of wine or a serving of port may help your health in more ways than one. Here are four unexpected reasons a nightcap may be good for you. 1. A nightcap ...

A nightcap is meant to melt away the stresses of the day before entering slumber. Warm and comforting, experts say these after-dinner drinks are now hotter than ever. “What defined a nightcap evolved ...

Sometimes a nightcap should consist of more than a third of a glass of something dark. Sometimes it should be a drink. A real drink. A drink that may take a little more work than a stiff pour, but the ...

The vicious cycle of the nightcap begins innocently. Jane has a snifter of cognac, to clear her head, to ease her to sleep. Why not? It's something civilized people do. So she does, and she slides ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although there is a bit of familiarity to “Nightcap’s” premise, it’s at least a fun one to work with. And there are significant ...