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Tens of millions of Americans struggle to sleep at night, and many of them turn to sleeping pills for relief. Prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids are especially popular among older adults. A ...

Acoziborole could change that. The new drug works for both early and advanced stages of the most common form of sleeping ...

European drug regulators on Friday endorsed a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease. A European Medicines Agency ...

Sleep apnea, a condition affecting more than 12 million Americans, can lead to a host of health problems including heart disease. But, a new treatment containing ingredients derived from cannabis is ...

A single-dose pill called acoziborole cured most sleeping sickness patients in a major trial, even when the parasite reached the brain.

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto. In a study published in 2023, ...

Does a Cambridge startup have a pill that can treat sleep apnea? Last week, Apnimed, a little-known pharma startup founded in 2017, announced encouraging results from its clinical trial of a new drug ...

Women are more prone to sleep problems, with menstruation, pregnancy and menopause all potentially disruptive to a good night's rest. Sleep aids are providing relief, but there is concern about ...

For use outside the EU, the regulator backed a single-dose oral approach that treats all stages and could spare patients ...

In America alone, tens of millions take sleeping pills to rest each night. Yet sleeping pills don’t produce natural sleep. They worsen memory. They increase the risk of death. But people can’t stop.