Poor sleep doesn’t just make you feel bad the next day. People with chronic sleep troubles also have a greater risk of developing other problems, like heart attacks and strokes. Don’t feel like you have to live with chronic difficulty sleeping. Your first step should be to discuss your insomnia w ... Read more

Give your mood a lift with yoga. Whether you’re feeling sad and depressed or disorganized and unfocused, doing some sun salutations may help. A review of more than 100 studies found that a regular yoga practice may help alleviate symptoms of depression, insomnia, ADHD and even schizophrenia. Howe ... Read more

The benefits of sleep go well beyond the resting of muscles made sore by exertion. Sleeping a solid seven or eight hours per night is a marker of good heart health. A recent study showed that inadequate sleep is associated with increased calcium buildup in the heart’s arteries. This calcium is ... Read more

Insomnia — the most common sleep disorder — afflicts 10 to 15 percent of adults, according to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health. But unfortunately it often goes unrecognized and untreated according to a new study in the journal The Lancet.   ... Read more

"Feeling foggy from another night of tossing and turning? Don’t accept sleep problems as a normal part of getting older, because they’re not. People who got fewer than five hours of sleep per night scored worse on brain function tests than those who slept seven hours a night. The drop in m ... Read more