Sleeping enough hours may help keep brain young, decrease dementia risk, recent research suggests. Image credit: AnnaStills/Getty Images Many of these people have chronic insomnia, where a person is ...

Chronic insomnia in older adults increased the risk of cognitive impairment and accelerated brain aging. Insomnia was linked to faster cognitive decline and greater amyloid and white matter ...

There are two types of insomnia: acute and chronic. Both involve trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, returning to sleep after waking up prematurely, or a combination of the three. The difference ...

One in 10 Americans deals with chronic insomnia.

If you’re a chronic insomniac, you might experience faster declines in memory and thinking skills than your better-sleeping fellows. In other words, your brain might age faster. In a study published ...

Chronic insomnia could be bad for more than just your sleep schedule – it could speed up brain ageing, new research has found. People with chronic insomnia, or those who have trouble sleeping at least ...

Understanding how menopausal symptoms contribute to insomnia is a critical first step toward improving sleep health and ...

Being regularly unable to sleep could cause your brain to age faster, new research published in Neurology Journals indicates. The study found that those experiencing chronic insomnia, defined by at ...

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A new survey revealed that millions of Americans have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. The findings indicate that approximately 12% of the population has been diagnosed with chronic insomnia, ...

Most of us will know the unique frustration of a poor night’s sleep — the racing thoughts, endless tossing and turning, and the exhaustion, grogginess and inability to focus the following day as a ...

Sleep is something you may take for granted — until it becomes elusive. While an occasional sleepless night is nothing to worry about, chronic insomnia is a different story altogether. Affecting an ...