AMA Neurology has established an awakening potential link between prolonged consumption of common psychiatric medications ...

Taking sleeping pills might seem like a quick fix for insomnia, but doctors warn about serious health risks. Here's what you need to know before taking the pill.

When people have sleep difficulties, we oftentimes categorize it into sleep onset insomnia or sleep maintenance insomnia. Sleep onset insomnia can be due to a variety of reasons.

About one in 25 American adults takes sleeping pills to help them fall asleep and stay asleep at night, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

3.5%25 of adults took sleeping pills in 2009-2010%2C up from 2%25 a decade earlier; Many mix the pills with other sedating medications%2C and the highest use is among the elderly ...

Understanding sleeping pills: Sleeping pills, or hypnotics, are medications designed to induce and maintain sleep. They are typically prescribed for short-term use to alleviate insomnia symptoms.

Millions of Americans take millions of sleeping pills every year — a sign, many experts say, that human beings weren’t designed to live in a wired world of constant stimulation.