Lack of Deep Sleep, Not Brain Aging, Drives Anxiety in Older Adults
A new study reveals that declining slow-wave sleep impairs overnight emotional regulation, pointing to a modifiable target for late-life anxiety.
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Drug-Free Way to Address Age-Related Sleep Challenges Highlighted in New Study
As people age, their sleep patterns often change, leading to difficulties falling asleep, waking up earlier, more frequent nighttime awakenings, and overall poorer sleep quality.
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Should People Older Than 80 Be on CPAP? One Study Finds No Clinical Improvements in the Very Elderly
Is CPAP a cost-effective treatment for patients older than 80? And once CPAP treatment is initiated, should it last forever?
6 Steps for Better Sleep in Seniors
A clinical psychologist describes how a few pieces of practical advice can help seniors get the best possible sleep.
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Harm From Blue Light Exposure Increases with Age, Study Finds
Flies exposed to blue light showed damage to their retinal cells and brain neurons. This damage, the researchers found, got worse with age.
Read MoreStudy: Benefits of Melatonin Use in Older Adults
In a small study of healthy adults aged 55 and older, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to a placebo.
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‘Excessive Daytime Napping Might Be a Signal of Accelerated Aging’
Excessive daytime napping predicted an increased future risk of Alzheimer’s dementia, and a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia sped up the increase in daytime napping during aging.
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In Older Adults, CBT-I Can Reduce Depression Likelihood by More than 50%
By targeting insomnia and effectively treating it with CBT-I, depression can be effectively prevented by over 50% in community dwelling older adults with insomnia.
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Will Oral Appliances One Day Be an Early Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease?
A study examines whether alleviating snoring in people with mild cognitive impairment and with Alzheimer’s influences their cognition.
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Sleeping Longer Than 6.5 Hours a Night Associated With Cognitive Decline
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine have published a paper that indicates that just like getting too little sleep, sleeping too much may also be linked with cognitive decline.
Read MorePolysomnography Market Expected to See Growth In Coming Years
The polysomnography market value is set to grow by $136.42 million, progressing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.71% from 2020 to 2025.
Read MoreIn Older Adults, Chronic Disease Linked to Sleep Problems
Individuals who were living with a partner and those who needed to get up at night to urinate were more likely to report sleep disturbances.
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Poor Sleep Predicts Long-term Cognitive Decline in Hispanics More Than in Whites
“This was like a natural experiment in which we removed the effect that obesity has on cognition and saw ‘the pure effect’ of sleep difficulties, such as sleep apnea, and long sleep duration on cognitive health.”
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Sleep Macroarchitecture Linked with Cognitive Function in Older Men
The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health research group studied a group of middle-aged and older men’s attention and processing speed in relation to their sleep.
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Pandemic Worsened Older Adults’ Mental Health & Sleep
Just under two-thirds said they had had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep at least once in the past week, twice the percentage who said this in a 2017 poll.
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Music Improves Older Adults’ Sleep Quality
Listening to music before going to bed can improve sleep quality among older adults, according to an analysis of all relevant published clinical trials.
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CPAP Use Linked to Lower Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis in Adults 65+
Researchers s analyzed Medicare claims of more than 50,000 Medicare beneficiaries who had been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Severity of Sleep Apnea Linked to Degree of Cognitive Impairment in Seniors
People with OSA had an average score of 20.5 compared to an average score of 23.6 for the people without the sleep disorder.
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