People who have sleep apnea or spend less time in deep sleep may be more likely to have changes in the brain that are associated with dementia. PRESS RELEASE MINNEAPOLIS— People who have sleep apnea or spend less time in deep sleep may be more likely to have changes in the brain that ...
Fargo agreed. He noted that people with poor sleep can have problems with memory, thinking and concentration that have nothing to do with dementia. "If your sleep is disturbed and you're having daytime symptoms, you should see your doctor," Fargo said. "One reason is that you may find ou...
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Could Poor Sleep Habits in Middle Age Be Driving Dementia? The large British study of nearly 8,000 men and women is the strongest yet linking lack of sleep with cognitive disorders. Scientists have long suspected that lack of sleep earlier in life might be a driver of dementia. Findings publ...
People who have sleep apnea or spend less time in deep sleep may be more likely to have changes in the brain that are associated with dementia, according to a new study published in the December 10, 2014, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of
“Sleep problems have been linked in previous research to poor thinking and memory skills later in life, putting people at higher risk for dementia,” study coauthor Clémence Cavaillès, PhD, an epidemiologist at UCSF’s Center for Population Brain Health, said in a news release about the res...
Getting either too much or too little sleep is associated with changes in the brain that have been shown to increase the risk of stroke and dementia later in life, a recent study finds. The research is published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. "Conditions like stroke or de...
Sleep disturbances and predictive factors in caregivers of patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. J Clin Neurol 2014; 10: 304–313. Article Google Scholar Pepin JL, Borel AL, Tamisier R, Baguet JP, Levy P, Dauvilliers Y . Hypertension and sleep: overview of a tight ...
Sleep Deprivation And Disease Here are 6 conditions directly caused by too little sleep. 1. Alzheimer’s Since sleep is necessary to remove waste from tired brain cells as well as repair worn or damaged structures. If this isn’t done properly,cognitive decline, dementia, and other brain condi...
"Sleep has been proposed to be important for clearance of brain amyloid," she said. "This study affirms that disrupted sleep may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease via increased amyloid." Vemuri's team studied nearly 300 people aged 70 and older who didn't suffer from dementia. Ab...