People ages 61 to 64 need 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night. People ages 65 and older need 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night. The National Institute on Aging considers it a myth that people need less ...

A rare SIK3 gene mutation may explain why some people need less sleep yet maintain optimal cognitive function and physical ...

“Sleep medication makes falling more likely for older adults.” Falls, a leading cause of injury and disability among older people, may be compounded by the sedative effects of drugs. But it ...

"When we evaluated the relationships between disability, insomnia and sleep medication use, we found that as older people used more sleep medication or experienced more insomnia symptoms ...

“As older people used more sleep medication or experienced more insomnia symptoms, they moved more rapidly towards greater disability,” explained Orfeu Buxton, Elizabeth Fenton Susman ...

Older and younger, all in line since the night to try to secure a service that should be minimal and guaranteed: a general practitioner. It happens in Terralba, where there were 500 places ...

When we evaluated the relationships between disability, insomnia and sleep medication use, we found that as older people used more sleep medication or experienced more insomnia symptoms ...