If you're lying awake at night, endlessly scrolling through your phone or constantly waking up, you're certainly not alone. A 2024 BMJ Open study examining 163,748 UK adults found that 29% experienced ...

Sleep is something you may take for granted — until it becomes elusive. While an occasional sleepless night is nothing to worry about, chronic insomnia is a different story altogether. Affecting an ...

Investigational seltorexant improved symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD) and insomnia in people with an inadequate response to antidepressants, a phase III trial indicated. By week 6, the ...

“Psychophysiological insomnia” was a diagnosis doctors gave to people experiencing sleeplessness related to anxiety about being unable to sleep. It is no longer in use. Because anxiety about sleep can ...

Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by persistent insomnia symptoms that begin in childhood and continue through young adulthood, according to a ...

Heavy drinkers with symptoms of insomnia, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, may be less likely to suffer alcohol-induced blackouts, according to a new study. Heavy drinkers with symptoms ...

Insomnia may have been torturing humanity since ancient times, but over the last 20 years scientists have made progress in their understanding of chronic sleep deprivation. Today, sleep deprivation is ...