Insomnia

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.