Belly, back or side? While we all have our preferences when it comes to our favorite sleeping position, your sleep posture can seriously impact your rest—and even you health—if you don’t know how to ...

With so much to do heading into the busy holiday season, is anyone getting enough sleep? Most sleep experts advise that adults get seven to nine hours of sleep per night for good health and emotional ...

Put simply, sleep is the maintenance system that keeps every organ functioning properly, says Andrea Matsumura, MD, a board-certified physician in internal and sleep medicine. “The seven-to-nine-hour ...

My bed and I spend less time together than the experts say we should. Most nights, my head hits the pillow around 11:00 pm, and I’m up—without an alarm—at 5:30 am. That six and a half hours of shuteye ...

Feeling groggy these days? NPR's Life Kit has science-based strategies to help you sleep better, deeper and longer. A full night's sleep is a wonderful thing. It improves our memory and brain ...

Getting my babies to actually sleep in their bassinets was one of the most unexpectedly frustrating things I faced as a new parent. Babies sleep a lot, but they can take some convincing to sleep ...

Sleep is a moving target. When you were a newborn, you slept for most of the day, then less as an older child; as a teen, you slept later. A senior’s bedtime is earlier—part of a lifetime journey of ...

Q: How can I get more sleep? A: I am writing this at 11:12 p.m., so this advice is as much for myself as it is for anyone else. Here’s what we should all be doing differently: First, set a schedule ...

You’ve heard of REM sleep but what about deep sleep? Experts share why it’s important and how to make sure you’re getting enough of it.

From struggling through restless nights in a chilly bedroom to waking up feeling unusually groggy, the colder months present ...

There are many reasons for picking up one of the best Fitbits, and for a lot of people those reasons include being able to track their sleep. Strap a Fitbit smartwatch or tracker to your wrist and ...

If you’re a person with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and you feel like you’re in a nightly battle against your own brain’s ability to power down, you’re actually…not wrong, science ...