Today marks the start of Sleep Awareness Week in the US, an annual opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of sleep. Looking for a good excuse to prioritise some shut-eye? We’re excited to share the findings of a new Sleepio trial to help patients suffering from anxiety. A team led by Chris Drake at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, randomised 22 adults with insomnia and mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety to either Sleepio (www.sleepio.com), or a six week sleep edu

As the first semester of the school year reaches the halfway mark, countless college freshmen are becoming aware that their clothes are feeling rather snug. While the so-called freshman 15 may be hyperbole, studies confirm that many students do put on five to 10 pounds during that first year away from home. Now new research suggests that an underlying cause for the weight gain may be the students’ widely vacillating patterns of sleep. A study in the journal Behavioral Sleep M

Are dreams just drivel? How often have you woken up from a strange dream and thought “what was that trying to tell me”? You might head to Google and look for advice on what your night-time visions meant, where you’ll probably find that dreaming about teeth is telling you that you’re anxious and lack confidence, while a forest suggests that you’re lost. Falling supposedly means you have no self-control, and being chased signifies cowardice. Reading this, you’d be forgiven for