"Sleep is essential for cognitive health, as it allows the brain to rest and rejuvenate," said neurologist Yue Leng.

A new study followed female participants with an average age of 83 who did not have mild cognitive impairment or dementia at ...

Compared with women who had stable sleep patterns, those who had increasing 24-hour sleepiness over 5 years had twice the ...

For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double ...

Women aged 80 and older who experience increased sleepiness are twice as likely to develop dementia as those with stable ...

Sleep is vital for brain health but researchers say there could be a connection between how someone sleeps and their ...

Research doesn’t show that women need more sleep — but women do get slightly more sleep on average than men, Atwood said. It ...

Heavy or prolonged bleeding, a common yet overlooked menopausal symptom, may be related to fatigue, a new study has found.

Falling asleep might look simple, but in fact it's an elaborate interplay of hormones, circadian rhythms and light cues. Now, ...

The gender sleep gap means women don't get as much quality sleep as men. I spoke to nine women to hear their stories for ...

Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake significantly increases the risk of injurious falls in older adults, particularly in ...

What senior citizen doesn’t enjoy an occasional afternoon nap? But a new study published in the medical journal Neurology ...