Dear Mayo Clinic: My 7-year-old daughter has sleep terrors. What causes this, and when can we expect them to be finished? A: It’s hard to pinpoint why some children experience sleep terrors and others ...

Disrupted sleep is the fuel that keeps the fire of chronic pain roaring. Dreams, sometimes of the frightening variety, can keep us from a sound sleep. But there are other terrors lurking in the dark ...

Night terrors are episodes of screaming, crying, or thrashing that usually occur two to three hours after falling asleep during a stage known as non-rapid eye movement or deep sleep. Night terrors are ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep terrors may run in the family, new research in twins shows. Dr. Jacques Montplaisir of Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and his colleagues found that about 40 percent ...

The first time it happened, my 7-year-old son Milo (not his real name) and I had fallen asleep in my bed. Several hours later, I woke up to find him sitting upright ...

Ah, sleep. You're about to doze off and drift into dreamland when a sudden noise startles you. What's stealing your sleep? A crying child or snoring bed partner can shatter the calm of bedtime and ...

Sleep-related eating disorders can be disruptive, dangerous and hard to notice. Here's what medical experts say about symptoms, causes and treatment. Joshua Cox-Steib Joshua Cox-Steib is a sociologist ...