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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Longer Naps In The Day May Be An Early Sign of Dementia in Older Adults Your Health

Longer Naps In The Day May Be An Early Sign of Dementia in Older Adults

Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia. Research on how napping affects cognition in adults has had mixed results. Some studies on younger adults suggest that napping […]

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