How do I stay healthy in my 50s?

Ageing isn’t something that simply starts after you’ve reached a certain year. It’s a lifelong process, and in midlife your health needs can change

Heart attacks, diabetes, divorce: tackling the dangers faced by UK’s army of night workers

Night Club, which has helped more than 10,000 workers recover their physical and psychological wellbeing, now has four demands for Labour

Should you make your bed in the morning? Why some doctors say no

Medically minded social media influencers have been encouraging people to leave their bed linen dishevelled – and all because of the humble dust mite

Is it true that … the blue light from night-time scrolling can stop you sleeping?

We often blame our phone’s glare for finding it difficult to fall asleep. But our expert thinks things are more complicated

The best sleep aids recommended by experts: from blue light-blockers to apps to help you nap

Experts and poor sleepers share their tried and tested products and tips for a restful night

Sleep perfectionists: the exhausting rise of orthosomnia

The UK sleep-tracker industry is estimated to be worth £270m a year – and forecast to double by 2030. Could all this data be making our insomnia worse?

I’ve spent my whole life searching for the perfect pillow. Will this torment never end?

I must own two dozen pillows – and not one of them will guarantee me a good night’s sleep. Maybe if I buy just one more, says Adrian Chiles

‘Transformed into disturbed alien creatures’: the scary world of parasomniacs, 2003

In extreme cases sleep disorders could be life-threatening

‘I definitely got a little loopy’: the writer who spent a week underground studying sleep

Lynne Peeples on the ways modern life interferes with our circadian rhythms – and what we can do to sleep better

Trouble sleeping? This therapy can help with insomnia

CBT-I involves actions like changing what you do when you can’t sleep and reframing anxious thoughts about slumber