Sleeping. It's something we all do—even babies do it (a lot, though not at 3 a.m.). Yet, adults may need help to get the recommended seven to eight hours of nightly rest. Machines that play white ...

Listening to white or brown noise at night can help drown out distracting sounds. Listening to white or brown noise at night can help drown out distracting sounds. You could have the best mattress in ...

Among emerging trends to improve sleep is the idea to generate neutral noise as a way to drown out distracting noises or fill gaps in the silence. For some, too much silence can be just as disturbing ...

May the best noise win. In a world of cacophony, it may be too much to ask for silence. Even that, as Simon and Garfunkel warned us, has sounds. So what do you do? Counteract sound with sound. Set a ...

Many Americans are chronically sleep deprived, whether they suffer from insomnia or sleep apnea or are just not able to clock enough hours in bed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

You may have heard of white noise and might assume it's the best noise for sleep. But did you know there's a whole range of "colored noises" that can help you drift off to sleep each night? From gray ...

If you live in an urban landscape, you may be all too familiar with the sound of traffic rushing past, dogs barking or the voices of people gathering right outside your bedroom window. Even if you don ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." POV: It’s 2:00 a.m. and you can’t fall asleep. You’ve tried everything, from cognitive shuffling to ...

I don't know about you, but I have no problem going to sleep regardless of background noise. But not everyone is the same, and some people wake up at the slightest sound. That might be the reason ...

As someone who wakes up when a neighbor stirs three blocks away, I have to turn on some sort of white noise to cancel out any and all sounds or I simply will not sleep. White noise has been my go-to ...

A new AAP policy report ‘sounds alarm’ on childhood hearing damage By Angela Lashbrook, Pang-Chieh Ho Despite the term “sleep like a baby,” newborns are not good sleepers. They typically must eat ...