Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders are a group of conditions in which the timing of an individual’s sleep is disrupted. Circadian rhythms are often referred to as the body’s internal clock or our ...

NANTES, France – Up to 30% of children under 5 years of age experience sleep disorders. What are the paediatric specifics of insomnia? How can parents address them? These questions were answered by ...

We all have the same 24 hours in a day, right? Well not actually. Some people suffer from a rare, debilitating disorder that has them living in a nightmare where days and nights just can't peacefully ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Sleep affects nearly every system in the human body – but few sleep experiences are as disorienting, or as poorly understood, ...

More than 50 million Americans have a sleep disorder. Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. Sleep apnea can cause breathing to stop 30 or more times in one hour. More than 50 million Americans ...

Eight hours of nightly sleep might seem like an unattainable dream. Experts generally recommend seven to nine hours of ...

Sleep specialist S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., has grown accustomed to people looking at him as though he is an eight-headed monster. That’s his way of referring to the reaction he gets from patients when ...

It can be hard to get a diagnosis of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). It’s easy to confuse it with other sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy. But even with a proper diagnosis, there are challenges. People ...