PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As any indignant teacher would scold, students must be awake to learn. But what science is showing with increasing sophistication is how the brain uses sleep for ...

Once, I opened an athlete's training log to a harrowing entry. It was bad, with two of the scariest symptoms for an athlete: persistent tiredness on uphills and a heavy, foggy brain. What was it? Gosh ...

People with visual difficulties were significantly more likely to take medication to help them sleep, but that could put them at risk for falls as well, a new study finds. “We found that self-reported ...

Life is stressful and it’s hard to decompress at the end of a long day. Many people have significant problems sleeping, which can hamper our abilities to function at work or school, and affect our ...