Getting restorative sleep is important for your health and a struggle for older adults because of medications and coexisting ...

There are potential associations between sleep quality, sleep quantity and frailty among older adults, a new study shows.

Older adults who reported excessive daytime sleepiness and a lack of enthusiasm were more likely to develop a condition that ...

Sleep apnea, a common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorder, contributes to the development of dementia among adults -- particularly women, a new study suggests. At every age level, women with known or ...

Could sleep issues during middle age signal that your brain is aging faster than it should? Researchers say yes.

Feeling sleepy and less enthusiastic during the day may indicate a higher risk of developing a syndrome that often leads to ...

This is the second in a series of columns about the importance of adequate sleep for optimal physical and mental health.

A great-grandad-of-two suffering from pneumonia resorted to sleeping on a hospital floor on top of his dressing gown during a ...

A new study has found that older adults, who are excessively sleepy during the day or have prominent sleep issues, are at an ...

New study reveals that consistent sleep of over seven hours greatly enhances health and vitality in later years.

People with more than three poor sleep characteristics had a brain age that was 2.6 years older than those with no more than one of six sleep characteristics assessed. Poor sleep at age 40 was ...

Researchers determine the differential risk of dementia among men and women based on the presence of obstructive sleep apnea.