3 Common Sleep Habits Have Been Tied To Brain Ageing

Of five sleep behaviours studied, three stood out.

You may already know that how you sleep can affect how you age – getting fewer than six hours a night has been associated with faster ageing and a higher risk of “all-cause mortality”.

Poor sleep, particularly in midlife, is linked to a greater likelihood of developing dementia.

But what does “bad” sleep really mean?

A new paper published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia has used data from over 23,000 middle-aged and older adults to work out “three sleep behaviors distinctly associated with a........

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