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But evidence suggests some people who suffer from the sleep problem may already be starting to develop pre-symptomatic dementia.

Dear Doctor K: I'm 40 years old and in good health. But lately I've been falling asleep suddenly during the day.

Sleep. It occupies about one-third of our lives. We need it for our mental and physical health, and for our survival.

For over two decades every night 63 year-old Darrell Holmquist's sleep was always interrupted.

Children are a mystery and a joy to have around. They will make you laugh and also cause you to pull your hair out.

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ConsumerAffairs' culture and lifestyle reporter, Daryl Nelson has written for Readers Digest, Townsquare Media, AllHipHop.com and a number of other online and print publications.

Like it or not, the long-awaited DSM-V arrived today. Although there has been much criticism and controversy [1] surrounding its changes, I'd like to point out some of the potential benefits.

Upwards of 70 million Americans suffer from the debilitating effects of insomnia and other sleep disorders.

If you want to get in beach body shape for summer, don't spare a sagging mattress, especially if you're losing sleep over it.

More and more of them are coming to find out patients are not just tossing and turning in bed.

Most of us don't get enough sleep at night, and that can lead to poor performance at work the next day.

As college students are cramming for their finals this week, there's a new study released about kids and prescription drugs.

Good things really do come in small packages. And when it comes to your health, pistachios pack a powerful punch: They help you manage your weight, may help reduce blood pressure and a study published in the "International Journal of Impotence Research" shows they may even help with erectile function.

Researchers linked an abnormal gene to both a common type of migraine and a rare sleep disorder.

Earlier this month we shared the story of our director Sean Albertson and his battle with sleep paralysis, a very serious symptom from not getting enough rest.

May is ' Better Sleep Month,' and according to the National Sleep Foundation's 2002 Sleep in America poll, 58 percent of adult Americans reported at least one symptom of insomnia in the past year.

Wow. What a long, and maybe even strange, trip it's been. Whether you've just given birth or your adoption process has come to a fruitful end, I'll bet you've experienced a lot of anticipation and waiting on your journey.

Six months ago, 11-year-old Henry Leung began to exhibit some strange sleeping behaviour.

A new study suggests that the American obesity epidemic may have something to do with the rapidly rising number of sleep apnea cases.