A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one ...

Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative ...

Official medical records showed doctors issued more than 800,000 prescriptions for drugs called hypnotics – sleeping tablets ...

It's important to ask key questions before choosing your sleep medicine. How long does it take for the sleeping pill to take effect? How long do the effects last? What's the risk of becoming ...

A common sleep medication prevents mice from effectively clearing away waste and toxins from their brain during sleep ...

The researchers conducted clinical trials with participants who had sleep problems and were at risk of developing Alzheimer's. The results showed that those who took suvorexant experienced ...

However, this effect was only seen with some forms of tau, and tau concentrations sprung back up within 24 hours of taking the sleeping pill. "If you can reduce tau phosphorylation, potentially ...

When the researchers gave mice a common sleeping pill called zolpidem, which is often sold under the brand name Ambien, the drug inhibited the release of norepinephrine by 50% compared with mice ...