There are more than 50 sleep disorders classified by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). A sleep disorder can severely impact a person's daily life. A sleep specialist can connect each of ...

Most of us report that we regularly do not get enough sleep. Given that chronic insufficient and poor quality sleep has been linked with physical illness, such as cancer, and mental illness, such as ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can have links with sleep disorders such as insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea. Lupus can also make you wake up more in the night. If lupus is affecting the ...

A person’s symptoms may vary depending on the sleep disorder affecting them. People may have difficulty falling asleep or experience low quality, disrupted sleep. The amount of sleep someone needs ...

Sleep-related eating disorders can be disruptive, dangerous and hard to notice. Here's what medical experts say about symptoms, causes and treatment. Joshua Cox-Steib Joshua Cox-Steib is a sociologist ...

Past age 50, men are much more likely to have REM sleep behavior disorder than women. Jose Luis Pelaez/Stone via Getty Images Every night, you go through four to five sleep cycles. Each cycle, lasting ...

Sleep-eating disorders, like nocturnal eating syndrome (NES) and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED), may cause people to eat more than they desire at night. However, treatments are available. There ...

It can be hard to get a diagnosis of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). It’s easy to confuse it with other sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy. But even with a proper diagnosis, there are challenges. People ...

Adults with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are significantly more likely to experience sleep disturbances than those without GI conditions, a new study involving more than 10,000 individuals has found ...

If you live with sleep apnea or sleep next to someone who does, you may wonder if there’s a pill that could make it go away. There are no medications to treat obstructive sleep apnea but those most ...

Humans need sufficient sleep to function. The conventional wisdom is that we need around 8 hours each night to be at peak performance. But for people with idiopathic hypersomnia, or IH, no amount of ...