A sleep scientist advises against blindly following the eight-hour sleep rule. Instead, you should create a routine to find your optimal sleep time.

Few experiences rival the calm satisfaction of falling asleep easily and waking up feeling fully rested. But sleep is more than a luxury or idle downtime, it’s a vital biological process that supports ...

Teenagers and young adults who use pre-workout dietary supplements to boost exercise performance and energy are likely to get ...

Is it healthy to sleep 10 to 14 hours per night? Dakota Johnson thinks so. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" star, 34, shared in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, published Monday, that she's "not ...

Research links sleeping less than 7 hours nightly to shorter life expectancy across the U.S., rivaling smoking as a mortality ...

Waking up during the night is frustrating, but it’s often completely normal—until it crosses a specific threshold that ...

Suppose that your fifth-grader typically goes to bed at 9:30 PM on school nights and gets up at 6:30 AM. Since it often takes a little while to fall asleep after getting into bed, that means 8.5 to ...

You’ve probably heard the widely-held belief that everyone needs eight hours of sleep a night for optimal health. But does this one-size-fits-all rule actually apply to everyone? Sleep is crucial for ...

Getting enough sleep is vital for our mental and physical health, and regularly missing out on rest can lead to sleep deprivation, and with it, symptoms like fatigue, irritability, grogginess and ...