Rare sleep disorder characterized by loud sounds can mystify providers and patientsImagine you are about to drift off to sleep when a loud bang rings ...

It was the car crash to end all car crashes. Or so it sounded when it woke me in the early morning hours, wide-eyed, heart pounding. I lay curled up in bed, straining to hear other sounds outside my ...

Bang! The sound, like a gun firing or a metal case crashing to the floor, wakes me up. My heart is pounding. I frantically look around my room, my head spinning. Am I being robbed? Is my cat trying to ...

Exploding head syndrome may sound like something out of a science fiction movie—but in fact it’s a very real sleep disorder. People with this sleep phenomenon are prone to experiencing loud and sudden ...

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Over the past few years, I have suffered occasional bouts of tinnitus and have to say that when it occurs it completely dominates all my thoughts and thinking (although I’ve been told by more than one ...

It may sound like the plot of either a horrible sci-fi film or Tarantino's best yet, but "exploding head syndrome" is a genuine neurological disorder in which people experience a loud crashing sound ...

Slow and steady breathing. Eyes heavy and gritty. The resting mind drifts off to the floating, semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. All of a sudden, you're awake. A sound — something ...