Idorsia’s dual orexin receptor antagonist, the first and only drug of its kind approved in Europe for the treatment of ...

To better understand why some people develop the condition while others do not, researchers have worked together to identify ...

Sleep is something you may take for granted — until it becomes elusive. While an occasional sleepless night is nothing to worry about, chronic insomnia is a different story altogether. Affecting an ...

The landscape of sleep medicine has evolved significantly, with insomnia emerging as a critical focus in healthcare. Modern understanding of this sleep disorder has revealed its complex nature and far ...

Medication is commonly used to treat insomnia while behavioral therapies are often not adequately tried. Many clinicians are not aware of the usefulness, effectiveness, and proper way to treat ...

It's well-established that the best treatment for chronic difficulty sleeping is cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). While some medications may be as effective in the short-term, CBT-I ...

As far back as the 1800s, patients were prescribed medication for insomnia. While barbiturates were popularized in the early 1900s, they were soon replaced by benzodiazepines, such as Valium (1960s ...

Everyone has trouble sleeping from time to time, especially when things are stressful. But some people lie awake night after night, silently suffering from chronic insomnia. Losing so much sleep can ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 22, 2009 — Nonpharmacologic approaches to treat chronic insomnia are reviewed for family clinicians in an article published in the January ...

One night, in the summer of 2013, I woke up and couldn't fall back asleep. That in and of itself was not especially shocking — who among us hasn't occasionally found themselves wide awake at 3 a.m., ...

Insomnia causing sleepless nights, daytime fatigue and poor health outcomes is a cycle worth busting, experts say, with depression, anxiety and stress a common co-occurrence. A study of more than 450 ...