As many of you know when I work with patients one of the things I try to do is meet them where they are in the process of getting to sleep (or not). That could mean: Working with their doctor to ...

Over the last couple of years, stress started interrupting my sleep. I found myself having difficulty falling asleep and, even when I did, waking up in the middle of the night. As a freelancer who ...

More symptoms of insomnia and greater use of sleep medication are linked to a higher risk of disability a year later in older adults. The corresponding study was published in Sleep. Evidence suggests ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' lifetime rate of falls by nearly 9% and brain decline by 2%, among other ...

Getting enough sleep but still waking up tired? Doctors say these 7 factors are often the real culprits for older adults.

Trazodone, a drug commonly used to treat depression and sleep problems, is linked to better outcomes among older adults hospitalized with delirium than commonly used antipsychotic medications. The ...

Insomnia is a significant health and quality of life concern for older adults, with up to half of all adults over the age of 65 experiencing insomnia symptoms. In a new study, researchers in the Penn ...

For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new study. Insomnia is a ...

Still tired after 8 hours? These 7 surprising reasons could explain why you're waking up exhausted every morning.