It’s difficult to know how common sleepwalking is. In 2016, Helen Stallman and Mark Kohler conducted a systematic review of studies on sleepwalking. They explain there are many reasons measuring ...

In a new study, published in the May 15 issue of the journal, Neurology, researchers found about 3.6 percent of U.S. adults - about 8.4 million people - sleepwalk each year. What's more, almost 30 ...

This weekend, comedian Mike Birbiglia‘s feature-film debut, Sleepwalk With Me, opens in theaters. Rolling Stone interviewed Birbiglia at his home in Brooklyn about the film, blending drama with comedy ...

Fans of stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia (Cedar Rapids) and This American Life host Ira Glass will want to check out Sleepwalk with Me when it debuts later this summer. The film, co-written and ...

Sleepwalking can occur due to certain medications like zolpidem or health conditions, including stress and sleep deprivation. Some medications may reduce sleepwalking. Have you ever gone to sleep in ...

It’s a pretty common dream: Let’s make a movie. Every kid who grew up with a video camera had it, even if it ranked in likelihood alongside becoming a “major league baseball player” and “astronaut” as ...

When comedian Mike Birbiglia opened his one-man show Sleepwalk With Me in 2008 at the Bleecker Street Theatre in New York, he didn't anticipate that it would become material for a popular piece on ...

Adult sleepwalkers are more common than previously realized, with upward of 8 million American adults prone to nighttime ambulation, a new study finds. In fact, about 3.6 percent of U.S. adults have ...

“Sleepwalk With Me” began life in, well, in the real-life sleepwalking episodes of comedian Mike Birbiglia. It’s seen life as a one-man theater production, a radio story on “This American Life,” a ...

In his dreams, comedian Mike Birbiglia has fought a jackal, escaped from Brad Pitt, and feasted on a pillow made of pizza. He’s taken second place in the dust-busting championships. And he’s jumped ...

Mike Birbiglia's mind wanders into the strangest places. Ever wondered what would happen if an iPhone could shoot bullets? No? Birbiglia has, and while his solo show, "Sleepwalk With Me," may be a ...