Sleep deprivation News

Astronauts on a mission to Mars will have to deal with sleep deprivation, lethargy and an inability to focus on tasks, according to the scientists behind the Mars500 experiment.

A new study has been published that suggests the amount of sleep an individual gets is related to his or her predisposition to junk food.

Adolescents who don’t get enough sleep might face the risk of long term problems with the way the brain is wired. Scientists are studying sleep deprivation in adolescent mice.

A good night's sleep to some Americans has become a matter of life and death causing symptoms of high blood pressure, and sleep apnea. In addition, experts say many motor vehicle accidents can be linked to some variety of sleep disorder.

A team of University of Pennsylvania researchers announced discovering more about the brain region and neurochemistry behind sleep deprivation's inevitable fuzzing or eroding of memory.

A recent study shows that parents lie about their superior parenting skills, but one father has decided to become completely honest. His new book "Go the F#@k to sleep" helps release the pressure felt during bedtime routine.

Sacrificing sleep for other priorities is a common practice but one which causes serious harm. Anyone sleeping seven to nine hours on a daily basis and wonder why they still feel faint, unfocused, anxious or irritable may have an undetected disorder.

The military has been accused of falsely diagnosing -- and in at least one case using sleep deprivation -- some vets injured during their tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with personality disorder to keep from paying billions of dollars in medical costs