For kids, naps are usually seen as something to be avoided at all costs. In adults, it can feel like a dream to have time for a nap. Still, plenty of adults manage to squeeze in a midday snooze: Data ...

"Everybody could potentially experience some benefit from napping," a researcher from University College London said Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has previously ...

Naps aren’t only for toddlers. Approximately 1 in 3 American adults nap, according to the Pew Research Center. Naps come in all shapes and sizes. “Some people take restorative daytime naps in order to ...

A new study says naps aren’t a lazy indulgence. In moderation, they may actually be good for your heart. In a new paper published in the journal Heart, researchers found that Swiss adults who took one ...

It’s midafternoon. You’re full from lunch. The day is warm. You’re starting to feel drowsy. Should you give in to the comfort of a nap? From a health perspective, it may be worth it. Though there is ...

Whether you call it a catnap, power nap, or siesta, a short period of sleep during the day can refresh and recharge you, sharpen your memory, and improve your thinking and focus. If, like many people, ...

A daytime nap may not be the best idea for preschoolers, concluded a recent review of dozens of previous studies on napping. Children over 2 years old who napped during the day tended to go to bed ...

Taking daytime naps may help maintain brain health as we age, according to a new study. However, prior research has shown that excess napping can also be harmful. Habitual napping was linked with ...

Nothing feels quite as good as waking up from a regenerating power nap in the afternoon, but we've all at least once experienced the kind of nap that leaves us disoriented and even more tired than we ...

Americans' chronic lack of sleep, says the CDC, is a "public health crisis." And there's plenty o research to prove it. As The New York Times puts it, "In the last year or two, an obsessive fixation ...

Scratch that, we’re doing the Monaco GP a disservice: the race is after all steeped in F1 history, and qualifying - where the cars are on the ragged edge with ...