Africa-Press – Liberia. The researchers also suggested that future studies should try and determine whether “direct intervention in daytime napping” can decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia or cognitive decline. A new study conducted by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has uncovered a potential link between cognitive ageing and daytime napping.
According to a news release made by the hospital, the study established that not only excessive daytime napping “predicted an increased future risk of Alzheimer’s dementia”, but that a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia “sped up the increase in daytime napping during ageing.”
During the course of this new cohort study, the researchers discovered a “bidirectional, longitudinal relationship between daytime sleep and Alzheimer’s dementia.”
The researchers also argued that future studies should try and determine whether “direct intervention in daytime napping” can decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia or cognitive decline.
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