Health experts at one of the world's leading institutions have explained how understanding one thing about sleep can ...

As we all know, sleep is essential for helping the body to recover, repair itself and function at its best - but one thing ...

We ask an expert why REM sleep is so important, what happens if we don't get enough of it and how to get more REM sleep.

What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human ...

New research on ‘slow-wave sleep’ may have implications for others battling insomnia, including people with anxiety and ...

REM sleep goes even deeper into brain recovery, dreaming and processing memories and emotions. This is the sleep stage in ...

Taking longer to reach the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep could mean you are more likely to develop dementia.

A new study has found that taking longer to reach the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep is linked to a greater risk of ...

A new study showed that people who took longer to enter this dream phase of sleep had higher levels of amyloid beta and tau, ...

Prolonged rapid eye movement sleep latency may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according ...