To be clear, not everyone will feel sleepy after eating, nor will every meal affect you the same way. Still, enough people experience this issue that it’s considered a common complaint (and even has a ...

Growing daytime sleepiness might be more than just fatigue for women in their 80s. New research links increasing drowsiness to double the risk of developing dementia.

Older adults who experience excessive drowsiness during the day or lack enthusiasm for activities due to sleep issues may be more likely to develop motoric cognitive risk syndrome, a new study finds.

1. Sleep disorders Everything from sleep apnea to insomnia contributes to daytime drowsiness, causing sufferers to feel over-tired at all hours of the day.

Everyone has days when they need their 1 p.m. pick-me-up, their 2 p.m. recharge, their 3 p.m. boost — anything to battle the ...

A feeling of drowsiness after eating is perfectly natural and healthy, but it is easy to see that over-eating might so intensify the feeling as to render it nearly impossible to resist it.

Reports that most accidents because of drowsiness occur between midnight and 6 AM or later in the afternoon when the body regulates sleep (NHTSA) . Accidents associated with drowsy drivers are ...

Researchers surveyed more than 1,700 participants—including roughly 250 who said they do not rely on alarms to wake up—and found that among individuals who use the snooze button, roughly 71% ...

The best way to combat drowsiness caused by Benadryl (if this isn’t the goal) is to simply take a non-drowsy antihistamine like Zyrtec or Claritin. If drowsiness is the goal, you may want to ...

New warning system warns of driver drowsiness and distraction Date: December 26, 2009 Source: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Summary: Scientists have developed the latest version of a driving ...

Drowsiness plays a major role in traffic crashes, injuries and deaths, and is considered the most critical hazard in construction and mining. A wearable device that can monitor fatigue could help ...