Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques, including transcranial direct current stimulation, are effective nonpharmacologic treatments for insomnia.

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If drugs could be developed to prevent orexin from binding to its receptors, Mignot thought, then people with insomnia would become “narcoleptic for one night”.

“These results indicate that both insomnia and sleep medication use may be contributing to disability,” said lead study author Tuo-Yu “Tim” Chen, an assistant professor at Taipei Medical.

Many studies have demonstrated the physical, mental and emotional harm that insomnia can cause, the researchers said. It is unclear what type of sleep medications the subjects were taking. Some of ...

For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new study.

If drugs could be developed to prevent orexin from binding to its receptors, Mignot thought, then people with insomnia would become “narcoleptic for one night”.

Most sleep medications help people fall asleep quickly but may limit the deeper, restorative sleep phases. These phases are crucial to clearing harmful brain proteins.

So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there through the night. About a third of U.S. adults aren’t sleeping enough. Teenagers’ sleep is even worse; 8 in 10 teens are sleep deprived ...