From rubbing dormouse fat on the feet to drinking morphine, these old insomnia cures may have done more harm than good.

Turns out, that strict 9 p.m. bedtime was ahead of its time.

I’ve longed for sleep all my life. Getting more sleep has been one of my New Year’s resolutions for decades. Recounting stories of my early childhood insomnia, my mother would describe how I’d lie in ...

Woman Waking up at 7am. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Editor at Large My bed and I spend less time together than the experts say we should. Most nights, ...

The amount of sleep a person needs recalibrates over time, and circadian rhythms change with age. The 16-year-old who stayed up until midnight may become a 36-year-old who gets drowsy by 10 p.m. At 70 ...