New findings link commonly prescribed drugs to certain health risks—prompting experts to urge caution for older adults.

Avoiding sleep drugs would reduce older Americans' lifetime rate of falls by nearly 9% and brain decline by 2%, among other benefits, researchers reported.

Many medications can cause memory loss, including benzodiazepines, opioids, certain antidepressants, and antihistamines.

In our fast-paced world, a restful night’s sleep has become an elusive luxury for many individuals. The pervasive challenges of sleep disorders and disturbances drive a substantial number of people to ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 57-year-old man, and ever since the pandemic started, I have had trouble getting enough sleep. I sometimes use a sleep medication, and it has been helpful. But I’ve been reading ...

Trouble sleeping? Nowadays, there's a long list of sleep hacks you can try, from TikTok's sleepy girl mocktail to listening to people crunching foil in an ASMR video. But if sleep continues to elude ...

As many of you know when I work with patients one of the things I try to do is meet them where they are in the process of getting to sleep (or not). That could mean: Working with their doctor to ...

In the quiet hours of night, millions of Americans reach for sleeping pills, hoping to find relief from restless thoughts and sleepless nights. While these medications promise the allure of peaceful ...

One of adulthood’s quiet regrets is not sleeping more when we had the chance. Yet sleep seems to get even more elusive with ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 90 years old and cannot sleep at night. I have tried taking two or three times the dosage of most over-the-counter drugs to no avail. A doctor put me on a prescription medicine, ...

A roll in the hay might keep you from tossing and turning at night. That’s the takeaway from a new survey presented at the SLEEP 2023 annual meeting this week in Indianapolis. In the survey, 53 adults ...