People have long suspected that rest can bring answers to tough questions. Paul McCartney said the melody of “Yesterday” came ...

Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: "chemo brain." ...

Researchers offer new models for studying causes of chemo brain and point to the effects of chemotherapy drugs on the brain’s ...

Scientists instructed people to remember or forget words and then checked what words they retained in their memory after a 12 ...

Every few weeks, a 65-year-old man named Rick drives an hour and a half from his home in New Hampshire to Brigham and Women’s ...

White noise may not work for everyone, but numerous studies have shown that for some it can improve sleep quality and ...

“Sleep is made up of many dimensions, not just how long we sleep,” wrote the researchers behind the project in a statement ...

This study examines how sleep influences memory, revealing the interplay between emotional cues and intentional recall in ...

Researchers from Concordia University in Montreal identified five distinct sleep profiles that may help explain peoples' differences in energy levels.

The healthy habits people adopt and stick with in their 20s and 30s have a massive and direct impact on their risk of a heart ...

They do the same thing with planes. A [plane] has over 30,000 sensors to track everything it does, from taking off to landing ...

Much of sleep medicine research focuses on specific problems, such as sleep apnea’s link to cognitive decline, how insomnia ...