Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC show that the proportion of Americans reporting insufficient sleep held ...

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Benzodiazepines and a class of medicines called Z-drugs, which include zolpidem (Ambien), are among the most prescribed insomnia medications.

“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. 3.

Sleeping medications taken by millions could lead to disabilities down the line, a new study suggests. Researchers from Penn State University and Taipei Medical University analyzed five years 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”.

Sleeping pills may have a major effect on your memory, study finds. Suvorexant: More Than Just a Sleep Aid? In a small but compelling study led by Dr. Brendan Lucey at Washington University School ...

For more than 30 years, Faye Dickieson battled the exhausting effects of insomnia. She turned to sleeping pills in an attempt to get a peaceful night's rest, but found no relief — only its ...

Sleeping pills may have unexpected effects on the snoozing brain. A mouse study points to pitfalls of sleep aid use and raises questions about sleep's jobs. By Laura Sanders.