Snoring is more than just an irritating noise that keeps your spouse up at night. The truth is that it can be the sign of something more serious, so it’s important to do what you can to make it stop. That being said, you may be wondering which of the many potential remedies you’ve heard of are the most effective....

It’s fairly common knowledge that not getting enough sleep can be detrimental to our health. Consequences like daytime fatigue, headache, weight gain, and a host of other ailments have been tied to not getting at least seven solid hours of sleep. New information from a Brigham and Women’s Hospital study sheds light on the other side of the coin: getting...

What do the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island and the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl have in common, aside from being two of the biggest disasters in recent history? Investigators determined that insomnia and sleep deprivation were significant factors in both incidents. Scary, isn't it? What's even scarier is that even if you don't work at a nuclear site,...

Single parents reading this right now are probably nodding their heads and thinking, "Well, I could have told you that!" And now there's data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to back it up. According to the CDC report, single parents of children under 18 – particularly women – get less sleep and experience more sleep-related...