Are concerns about sleeping pills being linked to dementia based on evidence? Many people need help getting to, or staying, ...

As scientists unravel how sleep benefits the body, a study in mice is highlighting the potential pitfalls of using Ambien and other sleeping pills.

People with insomnia can have frequent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting good-quality sleep.

Taken properly, sleeping pills give enormous benefit to people suffering from an inability to get restful sleep. At the same time, the rise in the use of sleep medication has been accompanied by ...

Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended "first line" treatment for insomnia—the non-drug option.

Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance ...

Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended ‘first line’ for insomnia – the non-drug option. After exhaustive studies, the specially designed Cognitive Behavioural ...

Now, a Danish study led by postdoc researcher Natalie Hauglund from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Oxford suggests that sleeping pills may interfere with this cleaning process, ...

Researchers found that white participants who frequently took sleep medications—meaning they used them five or more times a ...

A recent study suggests that sleep medications may increase the risk of dementia in white individuals. However, the type and ...