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

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

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

Reaching for the first sleep aid you find when insomnia hits? Not all sleeping pills are the same. Each class of sleep aid works a bit differently from the other, and side effects vary.

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

Jan 09, 2025 23:00:00 The reason why sleeping pills do not lead to 'good quality sleep' has been revealed Some people who have had difficulty falling asleep and have resorted to sleeping pills may ...

Sleeping pills might help you doze off ... a sleep medication commonly sold under the brand names Ambien and Zolpimist. While the mice fell asleep faster than those treated with a placebo ...

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 ...

In a study published in 2023, scientists found that using sleeping pills to get some shut-eye could reduce the build-up of toxic clumps of proteins in fluid that washes the brain clean every night.