Do your festive plans involve oversleeping and midday naps? Experts explain why the holiday break might not be the chance to make up for several weeks of bad sleep.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who sleep less than 7 hours per night but catch up on sleep during weekend are less likely to develop ...

Can you catch up on the sleep that you lose? Does sleeping in late on the weekends and taking naps help make up for the hours you lose during the week? And the verdict is — you can gain back the sense ...

Experts say it's better to get a good night's sleep consistently rather than playing catch-up on weekends. (Getty Images) Good news if you like to turn off your alarm on weekends and relish sleeping ...

We all know how hard it can be to stay on top of a good night’s sleep during the work week. To move past fatigue, we might find ourselves catching up on sleep during our days off. Even though sleeping ...

That glorious Saturday morning sleep-in feels like the perfect antidote to a week of early alarms and late nights. The promise of weekend catch-up sleep has become a standard operating procedure for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer than 2 hours of weekend catch-up sleep reduced internalizing symptoms in youth. In contrast, sleeping 2 or ...

Weekend lie-ins can prevent a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke, according to a new study. Catching up on sleep on Saturday or Sunday may "significantly" lower heart disease risk by up to 20%, ...

METRO DETROIT (WXYZ) — Trying to balance work and home can be a lot And then trying to mix in exercise and enough sleep? It can be overwhelming. But experts say don ...

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“The association becomes even more pronounced among individuals who regularly experience inadequate sleep on weekdays,” said study co-author Yanjun Song, from Fuwai Hospital in China, in a press ...

Good news if you like to turn off your alarm on weekends and relish sleeping in: A new study suggests that catching up on sleep to make up for not getting enough shut-eye during the week may lower the ...