Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation (AFib) are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one ...

A pattern of restorative sleep is associated with a reduced likelihood of facing a cascade of chronic health conditions. A ...

What is a sleep study? A sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, is a diagnostic test that monitors various body functions while a person is asleep. It is most commonly used to diagnose sleep ...

Emilio also has Down syndrome. Individuals with Down syndrome are much more likely to have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than ...

Early treatment of obstructive sleep apnea may decrease the risk of Parkinson's disease, a new study published Monday finds.

In the latest evidence of the direct relationship between sleep and health, researchers have found that chronic insomnia can significantly increase dementia risk. That equates to a three-year ...

Overnight bursts of brain waves seen in normal sleep can help doctors predict which unresponsive patients hospitalized with acute severe brain injuries will awaken and eventually recover. Several ...

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have found that ...

As sleep disorders persist among patients of all ages, clinicians need to be wary of popular unhealthy ‘hacks’ and aware of ...