Scientists from Columbia University in New York (USA) have shown that adolescents who go to bed after midnight are more likely to suffer from depression than those who go to bed before ten .
Severe sleep apnea, which causes a series of brief interruptions in breathing during sleep, increases the risk of premature death by 46 percent, a new US study reveals.
This weekend the annual SLEEP 2009 conference (sleep, in English) began in the United States, which in this edition brings together more than 6,000 experts in sleep medicine.
A team of researchers from Stanford University (USA) has identified a strong association between a sleep disorder known as narcolepsy and two genetic variants that affect the immune system.
After seven months growing up in the womb, a human fetus spends most of its time sleeping. But do you dream? Studying the brain of immature sheep fetuses, a mathematician and several neuroscientists have shown that these animals do dream before they are born.
Looking for a reason for recurring nightmares, like leaving the house without your pants on? Forget Freudian explanations. According to new research, the Earth's magnetic field is to blame.
Irritable, nervous and sensitive. It is the description of the state of any human being after a sleepless night. When we don't sleep, our brain pays for it and reacts disproportionately, according to a study published in the journal Current Biology.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
