Context: Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a genetically transmitted neurodegenerative prion disease that incurs great suffering and has neither a treatment nor cure. The clinical literature is devoid ...

"I just don't understand it. According to the history given by her friend, she hasn't slept in eight days and there have been no behavioral indications that she has slept since being admitted. We'll ...

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, more than 30 percent of adults have experienced insomnia in some form [PDF]. But when it comes to symptoms, causes, and treatments, the disorder is ...

The researchers surveyed Army members on their mental health and sleep habits, breaking up insomnia into the following categories: overall insomnia, trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, ...

The first sign of my father’s decline came at his lunchtime basketball game. At 66-years-old, he’d always been healthy and active. Then he tripped during a game. A few weeks later, he forgot where to ...

This unwatchably moody and mannered film is ostensibly about fatal familial insomnia, an incredibly rare and, yes, fatal disease, but I would never have known that if the press notes hadn’t told me so ...

This article is the next in The Conversation’s six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of insomnia during industrialisation to sleep apps today. Read other articles in the series here. The ...