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Datt, Mittal, who is director of Wellness Home Clinic and Sleep Centre, Punjabi Bagh, Delhi, says maintaining a consistent ...

Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer's disease, the most ...

Getting enough quality sleep may do more than just help you feel rested—it could play a critical role in protecting your ...

Rather than sleep position, recent research has focused on how sleep quality affects both physical and mental health. For ...

Potentially inappropriate medication use occurred in 20% of older adults with insomnia and 35% of those with concurrent Alzheimer disease.

Taking longer to enter the dream phase can interfere with the consolidation of memories and upset the regulation of emotions, researchers say. Delayed REM sleep may be a potential indication of ...

But scientists are still trying to pinpoint the elements that go into why some people develop Alzheimer’s disease and others don’t. Now, a new study suggests that your sleep patterns may play ...

Prolonged REM sleep latency was associated with three key Alzheimer’s-specific pathological changes. REM sleep latency may be a marker for AD and related dementias. Prolonged rapid eye movement ...

Further research from January also concluded that people with Alzheimer's were more likely to experience a delayed period of ...