There’s no question that sleep is important for your health. Without enough of it, your risk of developing diseases such as ...

This idea – that we must put in more effort to perfect a good night’s sleep – is a myth that Van de Laar is keen to dispel. “If you ask a person who sleeps well, ‘How do you sleep well?’ ...

Sleep science is rewriting the rules on rest, exposing myths about sleep cycles, alarms, and nutrition while offering a path to better health.

Yet, a good night's sleep is essential for our physical health, mental clarity, and overall well-being. Despite the importance of quality rest, many misconceptions and myths surround the topic of ...

Scientists at NYU School of Medicine have thoroughly debunked some of the world’s most popular sleep myths. We all have things we would like to believe are true. We’ll eventually be able to ...

Rebecca Robbins: All right. "Many adults need five hours of sleep or less." Now, this is a myth. "Loud snoring is annoying but mostly harmless." David Rapoport: Loud snoring is actually a sign ...

The notion that sleeping on your left side improves digestion stems from the idea that this position aligns the stomach and intestines. This alignment may benefit those with acid ...

In my research, I design behavioral interventions to give individuals the tools to improve their sleep and their health. Robbins: And today, we're making an effort to debunk some common myths ...

The longstanding lack of knowledge has created a lot of sleep myths. For something so fundamental to our lives, there's a lot that we don't get right about sleep. Until recently, we didn't even ...

The study team gathered the most common sleep “myths” and asked sleep-science experts to rank them according to how wrong they were, and how bad it might be for a person’s health to follow ...

Rebecca Robbins: All right. "Many adults need five hours of sleep or less." Now, this is a myth. "Loud snoring is annoying but mostly harmless." David Rapoport: Loud snoring is actually a sign ...