A new study has found that people who get too little sleep in their 50s and 60s could be more likely to develop dementia when they're older, reports the New York Times. The study followed the sleep of nearly 8,000 ...

How many hours do you work a day, and how much sleep do you think you get a night? According to Dr Ann Rogers, it probably isn't enough. And if that's the case, your patients are at risk. Studies have shown ...

Poor sleep is a pain in the leg. Literally. University of California Berkeley researchers have uncovered a link between poor sleep and increased sensitivity to pain. The team applied uncomfortable levels of heat to the legs of 25 undergraduates, first ...

There is an obvious employer expectation and condition of employment that when nurses are at work they are awake and not sleeping. After all, the employer is paying for the time that the nurse is at work. This rule does ...