1. Taking long naps could be aprecursor(前兆)of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study thattrackedthe daytime sleeping habits ofelderly people. 2. The findings could help resolve theconflictingresults ofthe effects ofnappingoncognition inolder adults,with some previous studies highlighting the be...
Daytime somnolence was graded in groups of no somnolence, mild daytime sleepiness, and EDS. In addition, the occurrence of somnolence in the patients with PD was compared with the occurrence among control groups of patients with diabetes mellitus and of healthy elderly subjects. The correlation...
As reported, OSA was common in PD patients with a prevalence of 28% and elderly men had the greater likelihood of suffering from OSA.56 Besides, OSA has been associated with severe EDS in PD patients. Similarly, another study found that PD patients with high risk of OSA had significantly ...
Older men who napped for 120 minutes or more per day were significantly more likely to develop dementia than those who napped for shorter durations, according to a presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. “Napping, both intentional and not, is very common in th...
it’s a young girl who was shoved to the ground and arrested following a 4am noise complaint. But unlike the officer in my last video, this cop has been criminally charged. Why would this officer be charged, while the other officer, who seriously injured an elderly man, has not been cha...
Carvalho, D.Z.; St Louis, E.K.; Knopman, D.S.; Boeve, B.F.; Lowe, V.J.; Roberts, R.O.; Mielke, M.M.; Przybelski, S.A.; Machulda, M.M.; Petersen, R.C.; et al. Association of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness With Longitudinal β-Amyloid Accumulation in Elderly Persons Witho...
In particular, presenting more than 15 periodic limb movements per hour is related to daytime sleepiness due to low sleep quality and is frequently reported in elderly patients with RLS [2]. However, PLMS has been commonly observed among elderly and healthy adults without symptoms of RLS [4]....