Sleep is important at all ages, but older adults often do not get enough. Proper sleep hygiene can help promote healthy sleep habits and help individuals stay healthy as they age. Sleep hygiene refers ...

Reducing future use of sleep medications could lower the incidence of falls and improve quality of life among older adults.

One of adulthood’s quiet regrets is not sleeping more when we had the chance. Yet sleep seems to get even more elusive with age. Many older adults struggle with restless nights or find themselves ...

New research finds no clear link between bedtime screen use and poor sleep in adults, challenging long-held blue light warnings.

Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' lifetime rate of falls by nearly 9% and brain decline by 2%, among other ...

A reduction in prescriptions of sleep drugs for older adults is associated with substantial health and economic benefits, ...

Most adults do not need a hard eight hours of sleep; a growing body of evidence and evolutionary research suggest the optimal ...

A new guideline published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is the first to provide recommendations for the management of obstructive sleep apnea in ...

“Melatonin supplements are widely thought of as a safe and ‘natural’ option to support better sleep, so it was striking to ...