Insomnia — defined as difficulty falling and/or staying asleep — has been linked to higher odds of heart disease, stroke, ...

Proper treatment for insomnia and chronic sleep loss, not sleep aids, is a must — especially for this demographic.

Many older adults think sleep disruptions are a natural part of aging, but they are a real problem that must be addressed,” ...

Insomnia is a significant health and quality of life concern for older adults, with up to half of all adults over the age of ...

A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has found that taking sleep medications could raise the risk of ...

According to the above data, the selective agonists of the GABA-A receptor complex are the drugs of first choice in the drug treatment of insomnia. [22] Once treatment has started, monitoring and ...

Zopiclone, which has flooded the streets of Stockton-on-Tees, is prescribed legally by doctors for insomnia. However, the tablets - a class of non-benzodiazepine drugs known collectively as Z ...

Some readers tried drugs that aren't approved specifically for insomnia but have sedating effects, like the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam (Xanax and generic) and the antidepressant trazodone.

A new study from Penn State University found that older adults who experience symptoms of insomnia and/or use sleep medications face a substantially higher risk of developing disabilities that affect ...

They found higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later. Every year a person experienced an incremental increase in ...