When we sleep, the body cycles through four different stages of sleep, which are broken down into REM (rapid eye movement) sleep and non-REM sleep, Dr. Andrew Varga, a neuroscientist and ...

Why is it so important to get a good night's sleep? Georgie and Phil discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.

You may be able to increase the amount of REM sleep you get by following a sleep schedule daily, getting regular exercise during the day, and meditating, among other steps. Insomnia, undiagnosed ...

Sleep deprivation can occur after just 24 hours of no sleep. However, the longer you spend awake, the more severe — and less tolerable — symptoms become. Share on Pinterest For most people, a ...

which seems to be especially important for restorative sleep. After this comes REM sleep, where you dream, and this period seems to be key to things like memory formation and creativity,” Prof ...

Melanie de Lange receives funding from Wellcome. A lot of people dread the clocks going back an hour in winter – but reassure themselves that at least they’ll get an extra hour’s sleep.

Health inequalities for autistic people and people with a learning disability is still an unacceptable issue. The latest Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic ...

New gadgets that target the brain promise to speed up the onset of sleep, improve the length and quality of rest, and even transition travelers to a different time zone before their planes touch down.

We know quality sleep is good for our overall health, but new research is pointing to its importance for brain health too. In the study, published Wednesday in online journal Neurology ...

Sleep mode is a handy function that enables your computer to shut down its display after a period of inactivity. It saves your battery and you can resume your work from where you left off by ...

The clocks going back affects your sleep — here's how to adjust your schedule and get better rest this winter ...

Around a third of adults experience sleep problems at least once a week and up to one in 10 adults are plagued by chronic insomnia, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...