Sleep

There's precious little human dignity in economy airline travel to begin with; why not go all the way? The HypNap TruRest offers you the opportunity to attempt sleep with your face mashed into a padded cradle, and arrive red, wrinkly and refreshed.

Good sleep and good nutrition are the cornerstones of good health. We know how diet can affect general health, but what effect does what we eat have on how well we sleep? A new study has looked at how diet can directly affect sleep quality.

We’re getting closer to being able to induce hibernation on demand in humans for surgery or space travel. Scientists have now demonstrated a way to induce a hibernation-like state in mice and rats using non-invasive ultrasound pulses to the brain.

How would you be able to sleep if you were surrounded by predators who might eat you as soon as you nodded off? Well, a new study shows that elephant seals manage it by only sleeping two hours a day, and doing so deep in the ocean.

A common sleeping pill showed promise in combating the substances that lead to the harmful tangles and plaques in the brain that contribute to Alzheimer's disease, but larger, more comprehensive studies are needed to confirm the results.

With many countries around the world exploring the implementation of a four-day workweek, new Australian research into the health benefits associated with vacationing would seem to support a move in that direction.

There's mounting evidence of the relationship between sleep and cognitive decline. Now, a 10-year look at the habits of older adults suggests spending more than 30 minutes getting to sleep may be worse for your health than waking during the night.

A preliminary human study has shown promising results from an experimental nasal spray developed to treat sleep apnea. The early findings suggest a quick nasal spray before sleep could effectively keep a person's airways open throughout the night.

Researchers have demonstrated that inducing a kind of hibernation state could help protect organs from damage when blood circulation is stopped during surgery. The technique slows down the metabolism and has been found to work well in tests in mice.

New research in Nature Communications has strengthened the link between sleep apnea and dementia, by using preclinical models to demonstrate exactly how breathing disruptions during sleep can cause brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Waking up to a blaring alarm clock can be quite jarring, and also irksome if you're not even the person for whom the alarm was set. That's where SilentWakeUp comes in, as it wakes its wearer – and only its wearer – by silently buzzing their body.

A new study has highlighted one way insufficient sleep can harm your immune system, making you more vulnerable to infections and inflammatory disease by damaging your body’s hematopoietic stem cells.