One cheerleader is rewriting what determination looks like by pushing boundaries on the mat while managing a chronic sleep disorder Courtesy of Rylie Shaw Rylie Shaw is a championship-winning athlete ...

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night stage Tuesday night, and his opening monologue wasn’t just about jokes. It touched on how his suspension ignited a national debate over free speech. Yet behind ...

If you or someone in your household has narcolepsy, you know how much this condition can affect daily life. People with narcolepsy have fragmented nighttime sleep and extreme sleepiness during the day ...

Sleep apnea often goes unnoticed but it can sharply increase heart attack and stroke risk, even in people with normal health ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found evidence that type-1 narcolepsy, a condition known for its "sleep attacks," is caused by the body's own immune system. The work is ...

One of the biggest threats to a man’s heart after 40 doesn’t show up in the gym, the kitchen, or even at the doctor’s office. It shows up in the bedroom at night. Obstructive sleep apnea doesn’t just ...

Thinking about using a CPAP machine to quell sleep apnea? It's not necessarily a good idea for everyone, a new evidence review argues. This common treatment for sleep apnea might increase some folks' ...

A chaotic sleep schedule in your 40s might be quietly setting the stage for heart trouble later. Researchers tracking thousands of people for over a decade found that those with highly inconsistent ...

This past weekend, most of us participated in daylight savings by turning our clocks back an hour. If you did participate, you gained an extra hour of sleep—but what you probably didn’t know is that ...

Rylie Shaw with a trophy. Rylie Shaw is a two-time world champion cheerleader whose life took an unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with narcolepsy in high school. With no family history of the ...