There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one ...

Researchers suggest improving sleep may help prevent Alzheimer's, but caution against using sleeping pills indiscriminately due to potential dependency and less effective deep sleep. Around 25% of ...

A study from Washington University in St. Louis found taking suvorexant, a common insomnia medication, for two nights ...

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease ... sprung back up within 24 hours of taking the sleeping pill. "If you can reduce tau phosphorylation, potentially there would ...

What if the solution to Alzheimer’s disease lies not in combating the proteins that cause it, but in simply getting more sleep? A recent study points to an unexpected avenue of research: using a ...

Recently, a study has shed light on the potential of suvorexant, a drug commonly used to treat insomnia, as a possible tool in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. This finding s ...

Two doses of an FDA-approved sleeping pill reduced levels of Alzheimer's proteins in a small study of healthy volunteers. Alzheimer's disease involves changes to the brain that disrupt sleep, and poor ...

It's important to ask key questions before choosing your sleep medicine. How long does it take for the sleeping pill to take effect? How long do the effects last? What's the risk of becoming ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a subset of people.

With an estimated 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older currently living with Alzheimer's disease, the road to a cure seems long and uncertain. But as the year comes to a close, experts are ...