In the quiet hours of night, millions of Americans reach for sleeping pills, hoping to find relief from restless thoughts and sleepless nights. While these medications promise the allure of peaceful ...

Trouble sleeping? Nowadays, there's a long list of sleep hacks you can try, from TikTok's sleepy girl mocktail to listening to people crunching foil in an ASMR video. But if sleep continues to elude ...

A new study has linked popular sleeping pills such as Ambien and Restoril with a nearly five-fold increased risk of death. Researchers at Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system in San Diego, ...

Roughly 42 million sleeping pill prescriptions were filled last year, according to the research company IMS Health, up nearly 60 percent since 2000 – showing that Americans may be more anxious and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older U.S. adults, particularly women, are more likely to use prescription sleep medications to try to get the minimum seven hours of sleep experts generally recommend, U.S.

Though these drugs are not indicated for children, doctors calculate reduced dosages and prescribe them for young patients, Castle said. ‘‘The fact is, these drugs are safer than the drugs we’ve had ...