Turning our clocks ahead next weekend, will rob us all of an hour – as we are sleeping. With World Sleep Day coming up on Friday (March 13), and in honor of Brain Awareness Week that starts Monday ...

Scientists have new insight into why we have trouble focusing after a bad night of sleep. Attention lapses when we’re sleep-deprived result from our brain’s efforts to clean itself up, a process that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I've always wondered what exactly happens inside my brain after a sleepless night. Why does everything feel harder—thinking ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...

Summer is right around the corner — and if that alone isn’t enough to get you back in the gym, this just might. A new study ...

A restful sleep is all you need to reset your mind and body. If you sleep well, you are likely to have balanced physical, mental, and emotional health. While sleep is not a cure for every problem, it ...

This post is in response to Flushing the Brain While You Sleep By William R. Klemm Ph.D. Key Points: During sleep, cerebrospinal fluid pulses through the brain, "washing out" unnecessary proteins and ...

A new study suggests that a certain number of hours of sleep each night — between 6.4 and 7.8 hours to be exact — is ...

Sleep apnea affects an estimated 80 million adults in the U.S., yet it remains one of the country’s most underdiagnosed health conditions. Research suggests that up to four in five people with sleep ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don’t feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying ...