Reaching for the first sleep aid you find when insomnia hits? Not all sleeping pills are the same. Each class of sleep aid works a bit differently from the other, and side effects vary.

A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.

Taken properly, sleeping pills give enormous benefit to people suffering from an inability to get restful sleep. At the same time, the rise in the use of sleep medication has been accompanied by ...

Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance ...

Instead of reaching for a pill, more people should switch to the recommended "first line" treatment for insomnia—the non-drug ...

So let's explore why strong sedatives are unsafe while flying ... Security With A Clever Packing Tip It's unsafe to take sleeping pills on a plane for a few reasons, but an important one is ...

Official medical records showed doctors issued more than 800,000 prescriptions for drugs called hypnotics – sleeping tablets and liquid medicine – to under-16s. This included almost 80,000 to ...

As a general rule, the Indonesian government is particularly strict about sleeping pills, strong painkillers containing codeine, and medications prescribed for ADHD. Even if you travel with a ...