Overtiredness is a paradoxical condition where you're exhausted during the day but struggle to sleep at night. Even if you're ...

It’s no secret that a good night’s sleep plays a vital role in mental and physical health and well-being. The way you feel ...

Adults, like babies, can become overtired. Experts explain why it makes sleeping hard and how to break the cycle. Counting sheep won’t work.

But experts think it could happen when a person is woken during non-REM sleep, due to changes in blood flow, or because of higher levels of adenosine. Some speculate it helps to protect sleep that ...

The hormonal changes of puberty, the menstrual cycle and menopause can all affect our sleep, but there are also subtler ways that hormones and sleep interact ...

A recent study links morning coffee consumption to lower death rates from cardiovascular problems. A Fort Worth cardiologist ...

your body responds by simply making more adenosine receptors (oh, good). The Sleep Foundation says the effect could, potentially, lead to a vicious (sleep) cycle ― if you’re not perked up by ...

The way you feel during your waking hours depends greatly on how you are sleeping, say sleep experts. A pattern of getting ...

The brain, however, can become more excitable over the course of an extended period of wakefulness, causing your thoughts to ...

and it does this by blocking the receptors in the brain for the chemical adenosine, which usually builds up during the day, signalling when it’s time to go to sleep. Keep to a routine Don’t ...