Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects Marla Broadfoot, Knowable Magazine Some people are genetically built to require less sleep than the ...

The oxygen desaturation index (ODI) is a measure of insufficient blood oxygen (low levels) during sleep. If you have a diagnostic sleep study, this measure can be one of the components in the report ...

This mural by Mark McKenzie, who goes by the artist name Mac Blackout, is on the side of the Sleeping Village music venue in Avondale. Genevieve Bookwalter/Sun-Times Share Muralist Mark McKenzie ...

Breathing exercises, listening to music, or muscle relaxation, among other sleep strategies, may help you fall asleep if you wake up in the middle of the night. But recurring awakenings might ...

How to get an ideal night of sleep has been trending on social media. It's called sleep optimization, or "sleepmaxxing," and it's particularly popular among younger Americans. From using sleep ...

Show up somewhat sleep deprived. Most red-eyes involve traveling west to east over multiple time zones and trying to fall asleep earlier than you normally would at home. “Being a bit sleep ...

Everyone has heard that it’s vital to get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, a recommendation repeated so often it has become gospel. Get anything less, and you are more likely to suffer from ...

It’s time to stop losing sleep over poor sleep. “I know how frustrating it can be to wake up feeling exhausted,” MaryBeth Ayer, a Massachusetts-based holistic practitioner, recently said on ...