Snacking, another health no-no for kids, has more recently been linked to sleeplessness, with "ultra-processed" food items eaten late in the day associated with particularly negative sleep impact.

Parents and doctors often think about children’s sleep all wrong, says psychologist Jessica Lunsford-Avery. Instead of focusing on quantity of hours, they should pay more attention to quality of rest.

A new study found that U.S. infant mortality rates overall are dropping, but that rates of sudden unexpected infant death may ...

But the scientists indicated that what drives the system was unclear until now, according to the study. Is all sleep created equal? The researchers wanted to find out. To find clues, Nedergaard ...

Sleep has been shown to have a long list of physical and mental health benefits, and now a new study suggests it could also help to "erase" bad memories. That’s according to researchers from the ...