Sleep experts combed through hundreds of studies to determine how much children of different ages should sleep to be at their healthiest ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children's bedtime problems may not only make parents lose sleep, but could also take a toll on their physical and emotional well-being, researchers reported Monday. Sign ...

Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood, new research shows. Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from ...

Sleep terrors can be frightening for both children and parents. Understanding what they are and how to respond can make these nighttime episodes much safer.

Research has resulted in a new method of screening for sleep disorders in children. The tool, the first of its kind, allows health professionals to assess children for multiple sleep problems at once, ...

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—Children with neuromuscular diseases and cerebral palsy often report disrupted sleep, which is usually attributed to breathing disorders. But new research points to a new potential contributor: ...

Children with Klinefelter syndrome (KS), particularly those of school-going age, have a higher prevalence of sleep disorders related to initiating and maintaining sleep, arousal, and excessive ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A new study by the New York City Health Department finds a link between inadequate sleep and poor mental health among children and adolescents. The study found that on an average ...

Sleep disorders in infants and children encompass a range of disturbances from irregular sleep patterns and prolonged sleep onset latency to frequent night-wakings and fragmented sleep cycles. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But before you add it to cart, pediatrician Dr. Jessica Klein wants you to pump the brakes and get the facts. The big question ...