For many travelers who cross several time zones, the exhilaration of taking in sights like the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids of Egypt is quickly tempered by the grogginess of jet lag. Veteran flyers often have their own remedies to overcome those signals from the body that it's time for sleep. But an Oregon researcher recently detailed in The ...

Here are the seven once-secret paragraphs that summarize the U.S. account of the treatment of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan in 2002. _"It was reported that a new series of interviews was conducted by the United States authorities prior to 17 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One night of good sleep is not enough to recover from chronic sleep deficit, which over time hinders a person's ability to stay alert and attentive, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Many nights of too little sleep when the body's rhythm says it is time to snooze have cumulative detrimental effects on how a person ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Earlier bedtimes make for happier teens, a new study in the journal Sleep suggests. Adolescents whose parents enforced bedtimes of 10 p.m. or earlier were significantly less likely to be depressed and to have suicidal thoughts than their peers whose parents allowed them to go to bed at midnight or later, Dr. James E. Gangwisch ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S. report having at least one day of insufficient rest or sleep per month, suggests a new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For many, poor sleep is the norm. Eleven percent of respondents reported never getting enough rest or sleep, according to the ...

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said. Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a ...

Americans suffer from a chronic lack of sleep, according to a study released Thursday, which says the problem is a bigger public health problem than is generally recognized. The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed American sleep patterns, which was gathered by state health departments in phone interviews with more than 400,000 adults around ...

Shares of Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. rocketed Monday after the company said it licensed its insomnia treatment candidate Intermezzo to Purdue Pharmaceutical Products LP for up to $145 million, plus royalty payments. The agreement gives Purdue the exclusive right to sell the drug in the U.S. and ...

Safety advocates see an increasing trend of crashes linked to tired drivers. So-called drowsy drivers are involved in at least 100,000 accidents that result in more than 1,500 deaths and 40,000 injuries a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Researchers ...