For older adults, naps may be a warning sign of underlying conditions or declining health, according to a new study.

New research suggests that changes to napping patterns in older adults, such as longer or more frequent naps, may signal ...

When a 75-year-old starts dozing on the couch for two hours every afternoon, family members tend to shrug it off as a normal ...

Too much napping is linked to a higher risk of dying among older folks, researchers reported April 20 in JAMA Network Open.

A new study links frequent, longer daytime naps in older adults to higher health risks — especially when they start in the ...

People, worlwide encourage daytime naps or short nap breaks during work or daily chores while new study reveals the opposite ...

Excessive daytime napping in older adults could be a warning sign of underlying health problems, not just a harmless habit, a ...

Older adults who took longer and more frequent daytime naps, especially in the morning, had a higher risk of all-cause ...

The new study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, went even deeper, showing that in older adults, each extra hour of ...

A new study's findings examined data collected over 19 years from 1,338 adults aged 56 or older ...

Excessive daytime napping may signal health decline in older adults and is linked to higher mortality risk, a Mass General ...