Pulling an all-nighter feels terrible, but skimping on sleep just a bit each night may be affecting you in ways you don't realize. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health ...

Short sleeper syndrome is a condition that allows you to operate on less than six hours of sleep. It affects about 1% of the population, including celebrities like Barack Obama and Martha Stewart.

In our fast-paced modern lives, where burnouts often are our badges of honor, and rest is a reward we have to earn painstakingly, many of us proudly claim to “get by” on five or six hours of sleep. We ...