lack of sleep

Kids who are overweight and don't get enough sleep may have a harder time learning, and those with learning difficulties may be at higher risk for obesity and sleep problems, new research suggests.

Lack of sleep needs to be treated as a major health issue, according to the Mental Health Foundation.

Lack of sleep can lead to an early grave, warn experts who say six to eight hours a night is optimal for good health.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.

West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said....

Attending surgeons and obstetricians who worked into the wee hours did not have significantly greater complication rates for procedures they performed the next day, researchers said.

A new study indicates that coronary calcium, the kind that may cause heart attacks and strokes, increases the fewer hours you sleep