Using a fan in the room where an infant is sleeping may help decrease the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS, according to new recommendations.

Researchers believe that a fan circulates air while the baby is sleeping thus reducing the risk of SIDS primarily because the carbon dioxide the baby breaths out is re-circulated around the room and not re-inhaled by the baby

German researchers have found that smelling good stuff like flowers and fragrance gives you pleasant emotions in your dreams.

Researchers from the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany analyzed the sleep of 15 female volunteers for 30 nights. The scientists exposed them to high doses of smelly air for 10 seconds before rousing them out of sleep one minute later

Acupuncture, the Chinese treatment using thin needles, could help relieve hot flashes and other side effects caused by breast cancer treatment, new research suggests.

Many women undergoing breast cancer treatment experience hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats and excessive sweating. This could be treated by anti-depressant drug Effexor also known as venelafaxine

Falls are a major problem for older adults and researchers say there are simple steps that women over age 70 can take to make falls less likely.

Researchers say that women who get more than seven or eight hours of sleep each night are less likely to fall than women who get five hours, or less, of sleep each night

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to stop using certain 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets after two infants died from strangulation.

The "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets are made by Simplicity Inc. of Reading, PA. The agency's safety alert was prompted by the death of a 6-month-old Kansas girl who died from strangulation Aug. 21 after getting caught in the product's metal bars, the Washington Post said Friday