Sleep Quality

Supporting sleep continuity may improve daytime dementia symptoms … Research urgently needed on long COVID among LTC residents, clinicians say … FDA greenlights first OTC COVID test that also detects...

Helping older adults achieve 7 hours of nightly sleep may help them maintain optimal cognitive health, especially those with dementia and psychiatric disorders, researchers say.

The effects of poor sleep shouldn’t be overlooked in nurses — especially those who work night shifts, investigators say.

Percentage of REM sleep lower for adults and children with migraine compared with controls; less total sleep time seen for pediatric patients

Despite the medical complexity and advanced age of study participants, cognitive behavioral therapy reduced insomnia severity, improved sleep efficacy, and decreased the time it took to fall asleep, geriatrician-researchers...

Trouble falling or staying asleep is linked to 87% greater odds of death from any cause over the next nine years in people with diabetes, a new study finds. A simple question can help clinicians identify...

Investigators found that older adults sleep better when they listen to music for 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime — especially if this habit is repeated for weeks.

One hour longer sleep duration at night is linked to 12% lower odds of contracting COVID-19. And workers who report feeling burned out every day are more likely to become infected and have longer symptom...

Depression did not occur any more frequently during beta blockers treatment than with a placebo, but some patients developed sleep-related symptoms, investigators found.

People with cognitive impairment who have sleep apnea are more likely to score lower on tests of cognitive function than their peers without sleep apnea. And the more severe the apnea, the greater the...