These participants were carefully monitored for dementia from the time of the second sleep study until 2018. The researchers found, on average, that the amount of deep sleep declined between the two studies, indicating a slow decline in sleep as we age. Over the next 17 years of follow-up, 52 cases of dementia were reported. […]
These tests were repeated after five years to monitor for any loss of performance. Over the next 15 years, about 17 percent of the women in the study had an incidence of dementia, classified as a dementia-related hospitalization or death. The team found that low grip strength and slow TUG were significant risk factors for […]
