Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative ...

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer A study published this week suggests that a common sleeping medication, zolpidem, may ...

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. According to ...

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 ...

The researchers conducted clinical trials with participants who had sleep problems and were at risk of developing Alzheimer's. The results showed that those who took suvorexant experienced ...

A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.

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 ...