When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Using alcohol to sleep is a more common practice than you think but it's ...

Alcohol might seem like a helpful sleep aid, but it actually disrupts your body's natural sleep cycles as it metabolizes throughout the night. - Naomi Rahim/Moment RF/Getty Images The tradition of ...

On February 18th, Lent begins - for many, this means: no more alcohol. The body rewards the 40-day abstinence with better ...

Alcohol may seem like a sleep aid, but health experts say it can interfere with your body’s natural rhythms. Dr. Lacy Anderson has how it happens and what to watch forin today’s Daily Dose. Anderson ...

Alcohol slows brain activity, making you feel sleepy and relaxed. Drinking alcohol often disrupts your sleep quality, leading to more awakenings and less restorative sleep. Pacing yourself and ...

But the sleep you get after imbibing may not be so restful, finds a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Building upon earlier research, Christian Nicholas and his ...

You know that feeling when you have a glass oor a cocktail before bed and suddenly feel perfectly drowsy? It seems like alcohol is doing you a favor, helping you unwind and drift off to sleep faster ...

For every 1 gram per kilogram increase in alcohol dose, REM sleep duration was reduced by 40.4 minutes. Alcohol consumption adversely affects rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in a dose-dependent manner, ...

We've all heard it. Many of us have experienced it. A few of us even swear by it—enough to ceremonially partake in a glass or two of wine before crawling into bed. A nightcap. In fact, a little booze ...

After becoming sober, the body follows a timeline healing: liver regeneration, blood pressure drops, cancer risk reduction and sleep recovery. A doctor explains.

A whopping one in three people in the U.S. doesn’t get the recommended amount of uninterrupted sleep, which, for the record, ...