April 10th, 2012

Lack of sleep can cause a person to gain weight in several ways, according to researchers at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center ...
April 4th, 2012

Sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, has been linked to depression in a new study.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease ...
March 25th, 2012

A new study shows that sleeping soon after learning new material is best for recall.
Notre Dame psychologist Jessica Payne and colleagues studied 207 students who habitually slept for ...
March 15th, 2012

The stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements (REM) is associated with deep sleep, muscle relaxation and dreaming. A new study suggests ...
March 14th, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first generic Lexapro (escitalopram tablets) to treat both depression and generalized anxiety disorder in adults.
Lexapro is one of the most widely prescribed psychiatric medications in the U.S., in a 2009 article from ...
March 12th, 2012

Mature adults have cause for optimism as a new study finds that growing older and heavier does not reduce our mental well-being.
The findings come ...
March 7th, 2012

Young children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are more likely to develop behavioral problems ...
March 6th, 2012

A new Canadian study finds that the youngest children in a classroom are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than ...
March 2nd, 2012

The immune system of an older adult who doesn’t get enough sleep responds to stress ...
March 2nd, 2012

Some 100 million Americans who suffer from sleep disorders may well have something to look forward to in old age: a good night's sleep.
In a study of more that ...