People complain to me ceaselessly - they can’t get back to sleep. Yet returning to sleep engages the same tools that help you first fall asleep. If sleep is as necessary to life as food, why is ...

I have insomnia, but not the kind that means I struggle to fall asleep (in fact, the speed and ease with which I nod off at night put me off seeking help for years). Instead, the problem happens in ...

Waking up at 3 a.m. destroys your focus. This simple mental trick forces your brain offline instantly.

Lately, I’ve been waking up every night in the middle of the night like clockwork. It’s a bit of a mystery as to why: I haven’t been feeling particularly stressed about anything—not work, not my ...

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A new study has found that getting a good night's sleep, which is defined as 7-9 hours, can prevent dementia. The Mayo Clinic defines insomnia as a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall ...

Some factors are outside our control, but others are avoidable. By Jancee Dunn Last night, I devoured three jumbo tacos right before bed. My taco spree felt great at 9 p.m., but I paid for it later ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Sleep is something we all do — obviously, ideally every night. It should be as simple as lying down and ...

Why did no one tell us that as you start getting older, you start having trouble sleeping? Some of us have trouble falling asleep, some of us wake up in the middle of the night — or even worse an hour ...