Many types of sleep issues can affect your ability to fall and stay asleep. Fix your quality of sleep before it develops into long-term sleep problem.

Germs, bacteria, viruses – are they all the same thing? The first step to keeping you and your family healthy is understanding what germs are out there.

It's a common scenario: It’s midafternoon and you’re in a slump, with no motivation to press on with your work. At that point—or any point, you feel tired—a good question to ask yourself is: Am I sleepy or fatigued? We often use those words interchangeably, but physiologically speaking, they describe different conditions. And figuring out which condition is at play...

As we try to cram more and more activities into our lives, we may feel that the time we spend sleeping is somehow wasted, and wonder if we really need seven to nine uninterrupted hours per night.