Folks with irregular sleep patterns might have an increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Folks with irregular sleep patterns might have an ...

Sleep deprivation doesn’t just leave you tired—it might be setting the stage for serious heart problems. While many people view sleep as optional when life gets busy, research increasingly shows that ...

Modern life’s demands have created a culture that often dismisses sleep as optional, but emerging research reveals a disturbing truth: chronic sleep deprivation significantly increases the risk of ...

A heart attack can trigger a desire to get more sleep, allowing the heart to heal and reduce inflammation - and this happens because the heart sends special signals to the brain, according to a new ...

Sleeping six to seven hours a night reduces the risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to recent research. People who manage less - or more - are more prone to cardiovascular disease, say ...

This past weekend, most of us participated in daylight savings by turning our clocks back an hour. If you did participate, you gained an extra hour of sleep—but what you probably didn’t know is that ...

You may fall asleep occasionally when you sit down if you don’t get enough high quality sleep. Falling asleep regularly when you sit down, however, may be a symptom of a sleeping condition that could ...

New research published in Nature has shown that after experiencing a heart attack, the heart sends signals to the brain to increase amounts of deep sleep and promote healing. The study used a mouse ...