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

Sleep is a moving target. When you were a newborn, you slept for most of the day, then less as an older child; as a teen, you slept later. A senior’s bedtime is earlier—part of a lifetime journey of ...

Whether you eat them fresh or have them as a juice or smoothie, tart cherries are a great food for promoting sleep, says ...

Most people kick off their pre-bed routine an hour or so before they plan to sleep. That’s when you might watch a comfort show, sip some tea, do your skin care, and try to wind down. But according to ...

Children who sleep for at least 10 hours a night may perform better when they start school, researchers in Canada found. Scientists at Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal studied the sleeping patterns of ...

You’ve probably heard the standard advice about getting eight hours of sleep. Maybe you even pride yourself on catching those full eight hours whenever possible—even if that means sleeping until noon ...

There are multiple things you can try if you have trouble sleeping. You can take help from sleep gadgets like a nightlight or humidifier that claim to help you sleep better, or listen to podcasts or ...

The hustle is out, and the pillow is in. Americans are snoozing longer than ever, according to a ValuePenguin study, at a daily average of nine hours even, among adults 18 and older. But how much ...