Many people struggle to sleep enough at night. Surprisingly, science cannot say if adding in a nap to sleep in two blocks is ...

Napping may be a warning sign of heart disease if you have a constant need for long naps, sleep doctor says. How to nap the smart way without raising risk.

A short nap is often treated as harmless, even healthy. But research on sleep patterns has found that long daytime naps, ...

Occasional naps are common as people advance in age, but there are aspects involved like their frequency that poses health risks. When daytime napping becomes persistent or too much sleepiness becomes ...

Daytime napping is somewhat of a fine art. Nap too long and you risk keeping yourself up at night. Spend too long falling asleep and before you know it your nap time slot has run out. Sleeping well at ...

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual meeting found that certain objectively measured daytime napping behaviors are associated with an increased risk of mortality for middle-to-older ...

Tue, May 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM UTC According to data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project, which began in 1997, between 20% and 60% of older adults take naps every day as a means to boost alertness and ...

Sleep and Obesity Are Intertwined. Do Naps Help or Hurt? Napping is normal and, in some very specific cases, can be helpful. But length and timing matters.

Despite the vast amount of science to the contrary, good sleep is frequently ignored in the conversation about brain health optimization. If prioritizing sleep at night is seen as an afterthought, ...

Research indicates that preschoolers who take naps are better at retaining information compared to those who stay awake. This ...

New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) shows that daytime sleepiness and taking long naps during the day are both associated ...