Ashraf Malhas, PhD,  —

Sleep Deprivation Leads to Accumulation of Protein Fragment Associated With Alzheimer’s

Sleep deprivation in healthy people leads to the accumulation of a protein fragment associated with abnormalities in brain function and Alzheimer’s disease. The study, “β-Amyloid accumulation in the human brain after one night of sleep deprivation,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the…

New York Study Suggests Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of a Person Developing Alzheimer’s

New York researchers have found a link between sleep apnea and high levels of the amyloid protein that is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The connection indicates that doctors should check for sleep apnea in older people who display no Alzheimer’s symptoms, the team said. The study, published in the American…