Insomnia

Does insomnia directly increase a person’s blood sugar? A new study suggests it does, and proposes treating insomnia in diabetic patients could lead to significant improvements in their disease symptoms.

A new observational study, analyzing data from nearly half a million UK subjects, suggests improving sleep behavior is an important intervention for both clinicians and patients looking to reduce risk of heart failure.

A study has homed in on the brain circuit responsible for stress-induced insomnia. The research suggests this same circuit is responsible for stress-related immune system dysfunction, pointing to a close relationship between stress, insomnia and weakened immunity.

Results from the world's first placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the efficacy of medicinal cannabis for chronic insomnia reveal statistically significant, and dose responsive, improvements to sleep quality using a novel CBD/THC formulation.

Should you suffer from insomnia, you'll know how tempting it can be to rely on sleep-aid drugs. A new study, however, suggests that insomniacs may have success with a natural supplement, in the form of saffron extract.

Two massive new studies have homed in on the genetic foundations of insomnia. The rigorous analyses reveal novel links between insomnia and certain brain regions, while paving the way for personalized treatments.

Major depression and sleep problems are fundamentally interlinked. A new study from a team of international researchers has now found a unique neurological mechanism that underlies this association offering new insights into how we can understand and hopefully treat major depression.

A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia is set to embark on a world-first human clinical trial specifically examining the effects of medicinal cannabis on subjects suffering from chronic insomnia.

Have trouble sleeping? MIT researchers believe they have a better solution than attaching sleep-disrupting electrodes to you and making you spend the night in a sleep clinic: beaming you with radio waves in your own home.

In the search for a biological mechanism behind insomnia, researchers in Europe have identified seven genes that increase the likelihood of developing the common sleep disorder, proving that it isn't solely a psychological condition.

Chronic lack of sleep has been linked to everything from high blood pressure to aging skin. Now researchers have done a study that seems to suggest missing shuteye has another less serious side effect: the inability to tell when someone else is happy or sad by looking at his or her face.

With all the sleep tracking devices to flood the market recently, it might seem a solution to restless nights is most likely to be found in the world of wearable electronics. But research suggests that a one-off therapy session could be all that's needed to treat the symptoms of insomnia.