Deep sleep earlier in life could be the key to keeping healthy cognition. The key to keeping your wits about you as you age may lie in shut-eye during midlife. A study found that people over 60 who ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated the predictive power of numerous sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) parameters, namely overnight pulse oximeter readings and the ...

Less slow-wave sleep over time raised the risk of incident dementia, prospective data showed. Each percentage decrease in slow-wave sleep per year in people 60 and older was tied to a 27% increase in ...

The risk of getting dementia may go up as you get older if you don't get enough slow-wave sleep. A 2023 study found that over-60s are 27 percent more likely to develop dementia if they lose just 1 ...

Heart rate variability during sleep can predict stroke, depression or cognitive dysfunction years in advance, according to new research presented at the European Academy of Neurology Congress. The ...

"Not every child who has a sleep disorder needs an overnight sleep study," said Dr. Julie Boergers, the co-director of the lab. That's why here they may start with an EEG --which looks at brain ...

You can live for years with obstructive sleep apnea and never know it. The condition repeatedly narrows your upper airway ...

The UAB Sleep/Wake Disorders Center, conveniently located at UAB Hospital Highlands, provides advanced testing, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep disorders in a relaxed, casual setting specially ...

If you snooze, you lose? Maybe not, according to new research looking at the health impacts of hitting your alarm's snooze button. The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of Sleep Research, ...