Are concerns about sleeping pills being linked to dementia based on evidence? Many people need help getting to, or staying, ...

TV commercials promise a good night's rest that's as close as the medicine cabinet, and millions take over-the-counter and prescription aids to help them sleep. Taken properly, sleeping pills give ...

Melatonin is one of the best sleep aids available over the counter. It helps you fall asleep by rising your natural melatonin ...

As scientists unravel how sleep benefits the body, a study in mice is highlighting the potential pitfalls of using Ambien and other sleeping pills.

Newer prescription sleeping pills, such as zolpidem and eszopiclone (Lunesta), and older sleep drugs called benzodiazepines, such as temazepam (Restoril and generic), received some of the highest ...

Not surprisingly, people are desperate to try anything—prescription sleeping pills, over-the-counter sleep aids, herbal supplements, teas, tonics, and meditation apps—in their quest for better ...

users should avoid alcohol and not operate machinery. Although not addictive in the same ways as prescription sleeping pills containing morphine, some doctors warn that the tablets can produce a ...

Now, new research shows that a common prescription sleep aid can disrupt this essential process. In 2012, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC ...

Sleeping pills might help you doze off, but the sleep you get may not be as restorative. When mice were given zolpidem, a medication commonly found in sleeping pills such as Ambien, it prevented ...

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 ...