Light sleep is the beginning of your sleep cycle and your body's way of winding down. Breathing, heart rate and muscle changes prepare your body for the deeper sleep to come. Light sleep is broken ...

While you might be getting the recommended eight hours of shuteye each night, you may still be missing out on the quality sleep your brain and body need. That can be frustrating, especially if you’re ...

"I have to get my deep REM sleep," expresses a common confusion about two very different types of sleep. Deep sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are not the same; they do not even overlap. They ...

Good Sleep's climate control system tackles this by circulating temperature-controlled water through a mattress topper that ...

You’ve heard of REM sleep but what about deep sleep? Experts share why it’s important and how to make sure you’re getting enough of it.

The average person spends around a third of their life sleeping. Yet as many as 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disorders and wakefulness, studies have found, and tossing and turning at ...

REM stands for rapid eye movement — a stage in the sleep cycle when your brain is almost as active as when you’re awake. Getting enough REM sleep is crucial, as it helps you store information and ...

There was a negative association between emotional distress and deep sleep during pregnancy. There was also a positive association between emotional distress and rapid eye movement sleep during ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses the impact of poor sleep on your daily mental health and cognition ...