Sleep patterns, needs, and challenges change throughout your life. Learn more about how sleep evolves with age.

Half of older adults struggle with sleep – but much of what feels like aging may actually be sleep deprivation.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Associations between sleep duration and serum testosterone vary by age and sex. Sleep quality was not associated ...

Waking up during the night is frustrating, but it’s often completely normal—until it crosses a specific threshold that ...

The amount of sleep a person needs recalibrates over time, and circadian rhythms change with age. The 16-year-old who stayed up until midnight may become a 36-year-old who gets drowsy by 10 p.m. At 70 ...

Sleep is crucial for a healthy mind and body, but almost half of older adults over 60 have poor sleep. Doing this can help. McKenzie, a Certified Sleep Science Coach and proclaimed mattress expert, ...

There are some obvious signs of a poor night’s sleep — fatigue, irritability and trouble focusing, to name a few — but it can also have some hidden effects. In a new study led by University of ...

Sleep is a moving target. When you were a newborn, you slept for most of the day, then less as an older child; as a teen, you slept later. A senior’s bedtime is earlier—part of a lifetime journey of ...

Good news for seniors. Contrary to common wisdom, sleep doesn’t get more difficult with age. In fact, according to a new study, sleep quality tends to improve the older we get, with adults in their ...

People in early middle age who have poor sleep quality, including having difficulty falling or staying asleep, have more signs of poor brain health in late middle age, according to a new study. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- People who have more interrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s are more than twice as likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to a new study. In the early ...