"Cannabis and alcohol can help initiate sleep, but regular use may be problematic," the authors of a new study say.

From the moment you wake up, your body starts to prepare for sleep. We show you how to adjust your daytime habits to get the ...

Using alcohol to sleep is a more common practice than you think but it's also a false economy. Yes you'll initially feel drowsy after a couple of drinks (depending on what you're drinking), but ...

A University of Michigan study found that about 22% of young adults use cannabis, alcohol or both to help them fall asleep.

A glass of wine might help you relax, but even just a little bit of alcohol before bed has ruinous effects on your sleep architecture. Even a few ounces of alcohol changes the basic structure of ...

Alcohol might seem like a helpful sleep aid, but it actually disrupts your body's natural sleep cycles as it metabolizes throughout the night. - Naomi Rahim/Moment RF/Getty Images The tradition of ...

More than one in five young adults in the U.S. say they use cannabis or alcohol to help them fall asleep, according to new ...

For every 1 gram per kilogram increase in alcohol dose, REM sleep duration was reduced by 40.4 minutes. Alcohol consumption adversely affects rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in a dose-dependent manner, ...

HealthDay News — More than one in five young adults report using cannabis or alcohol to get to sleep, according to a research letter published online Oct. 13 in JAMA Pediatrics.

We've all heard it. Many of us have experienced it. A few of us even swear by it—enough to ceremonially partake in a glass or two of wine before crawling into bed. A nightcap. In fact, a little booze ...

Although plenty of people enjoy bananas as part of their morning routine, they can actually be quite beneficial at night.

Modern lifestyles including stress, sedentary activity, caffeine, alcohol and poor-quality sleep remain widespread triggers for migraines and headaches, which affect more than a third of the world's ...