A new study has found that people with an impaired glymphatic system, which helps the brain remove toxins and is mostly ...

Intervening in the pathways that disrupt the brain’s waste clearance system could help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reported that brain clearance is reduced during anesthesia and sleep. Sleep represents a state of vulnerable inactivity. Given the risks of ...

In recent years, several studies have suggested that the brain rinses itself of harmful waste, such as Aβ, during sleep. In the May 13 Nature Neuroscience, researchers led by Nicholas Franks and ...

We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, yet sleep is anything but wasted time. Far from being passive downtime, it is an ...

The traditional notion that sleep serves as a detoxifying agent for the brain is under scrutiny, with recent research unveiling unexpected findings. According to the latest study, the toxic chemicals ...

Digital therapeutics company Big Health has been granted FDA 510(k) clearance for its SleepioRx digital therapeutic aimed at reducing insomnia and improving sleep. The 90-day SleepioRX digital ...

Problems with the brain's waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep ...