Chronic insomnia is no longer a personal problem but a widespread phenomenon. New medical guidelines are changing the way ...

Study uses artificial intelligence to analyze sleep-promoting effects of nearly 1,000 aromatic plants and recognize the ...

The soothing sounds of pink noise, designed to obscure outside clamor and lull listeners into sleep, may not be so innocuous, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, with ...

The latest wellness trend and "sleep hack" involves switching off the bathroom light before stepping into the shower. In the dimness, the water feels louder, the day's visual clutter fades and the ...

Columnist Ben Hofmeister has just completed his third overnight sleep study in three years as part of an effort to control sleep apnea.

Published last week in the medical journal Sleep, the study found that the presence of pink noise at night reduced REM sleep — the stage when most vivid dreams occur and memory, emotional regulation, ...

A new government-supported research initiative in the U.K. will examine whether anonymized sleep app data can help identify emerging respiratory disease trends earlier than traditional public health ...

Eight Sleep Labs has released the results of a large-scale, real-world study focused on the sleep physiology of women in ...

Pink noise — low-frequency broadband noise often used in sound machines and sleep apps — is associated with a decrease in REM ...

Sound machines and “sleep sounds” are often marketed as a cure for restless nights, but new research suggests they may ...

New research from Northwestern University suggests that dreams may play a more active role in creative problem-solving than previously demonstrated.