Sleep Patterns Linked to Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease

Among older adults, short sleep duration and poor sleep quality are associated with increased levels of β-Amyloid in the brain. This finding comes as a result of a study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who reviewed the link between sleep variables and β-Amyloid, which is a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease. “These findings are important in part because sleep disturbances can be treated in older people. To the degree that poor sleep promotes the development of Alzheimer’s disease, treatments for poor sleep or efforts to maintain healthy sleep patterns may help prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer disease,” says the lead study of the author. Click here to read the full article.