Those who experience vivid nightmares and odd hallucinations might have an underlying autoimmune disease, a new study suggests. An international research team led by scientists at the University of ...

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, ...

A 2004 study published in Sleep and Hypnosis found that sleeping on the left side is connected to more nightmares, affecting around 41 percent of participants compared to 14.6 percent of right-side ...

People who awake during a nightmare are likely to remember the details of it, but it's believed that some daytime factors can play an influential role Nightmares are dreams that bring out strong ...

Many clinicians will understandably dismiss a patient’s report of a vivid, frightening dream about falling ill as a byproduct of anxiety. However, a growing body of neurobiological research suggests ...

Not every dream is pleasant; many are disconcerting or even terrifying. Unpleasant dreams—particularly those that are frightening or deeply upsetting—are referred to as “nightmares,” and are ...

Disrupted sleep is the fuel that keeps the fire of chronic pain roaring. Dreams, sometimes of the frightening variety, can keep us from a sound sleep. But there are other terrors lurking in the dark ...