Disrupted sleep in one´s 50s, 60s raises risk of Alzheimer´s disease
(WorldNews Health)

Poor sleep in middle age increases your risk of developing dementia later in life, a new Berkeley study finds. (iStock image) People who report a declining quality of sleep as they age from their 50s to their 60s have more protein tangles in their brain, putting them at higher risk of developing Alzheimer`s disease later in life, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley. The new finding highlights the importance of sleep at every age to maintain a healthy brain into old age. `Insufficient sleep across the lifespan is significantly predictive of your development of Alzheimer`s disease pathology in the brain,` said the study`s senior author, Matthew...