Aging

16 08, 2022

Nightly “brain wash” protects against Alzheimer’s disease during sleep

2023-01-17T19:52:25+00:00August 16, 2022|Aging, Featured, Medical Conditions, Memory|

Scientists have revealed evidence of a strong connection between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Dementia is a general term for a decline in memory loss and cognitive abilities. Alzheimer’s affects memory, thinking, and behavioral patterns. It [...]

4 08, 2022

Millennials clock more sleep than Gen X

2023-01-17T19:53:43+00:00August 4, 2022|Aging, Featured, Pop Culture|

Housework, shopping, pet care, or sleep: How do you spend your time? The answer may depend on when you were born. A recent study reports that millennials slept 22 minutes per day longer than their Generation X counterparts, which researchers say may reflect shifting [...]

24 07, 2015

How sleep deprivation ages you quicker

2022-07-11T18:36:48+00:00July 24, 2015|Aging, Sleep Deprivation|

It usually starts in the mirror when you begin to notice. Your skin doesn’t have that same youthfulness it once had. The lines on your forehead begin to form permanent creases, and the color under your eyes is a little darker. This is the [...]

27 02, 2015

Can too much sleep kill you?

2021-04-29T18:38:20+00:00February 27, 2015|Aging, Healthy Sleep Habits, Medical Conditions, Poor Sleep|

Media reports of a new study are tarnishing sleep’s healthy image. The tabloid headlines scream, “Too MUCH sleep could KILL YOU.” But could sweet, gentle sleep really be a cold-blooded killer? The British study involved nearly 10,000 adults who completed a health survey. Four [...]

2 07, 2014

Short sleep linked to aging brain

2022-08-22T19:23:46+00:00July 2, 2014|Aging, Healthy Sleep Habits, Memory, Poor Sleep|

A new study finds that the less older adults sleep, the faster their brains age. Results show that each hour of reduced sleep duration changed the annual expansion rate of the ventricles by 0.59 percent. Ventricles are the internal chambers of the brain. Their expansion is a [...]

22 03, 2013

Acting out dreams linked to developing dementia

2022-07-13T18:33:15+00:00March 22, 2013|Aging, Memory, Sleep Disorders|

The strongest predictor of whether a man is developing dementia with Lewy bodies — the second most common form of dementia in the elderly — is whether he acts out his dreams while sleeping, Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered. Patients are five times more [...]

13 03, 2013

Sleep discovery could lead to therapies that may improve memory

2022-08-26T18:44:01+00:00March 13, 2013|Aging, Medical Conditions, Treatment & Therapy|

A team of sleep researchers led by University of California, Riverside psychologist Sara C. Mednick has confirmed the mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate memory and found that a commonly prescribed sleep aid enhances the process. Those discoveries could lead to new sleep [...]

29 11, 2012

Many seniors sleep like younger adults

2022-09-13T18:48:34+00:00November 29, 2012|Aging, Healthy Sleep Habits|

Researchers found that more than half of all retired people aged 65 and over report sleeping at least 7.5 hours per night, and between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., contrary to commonly held assumptions that most elderly go to bed early [...]

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