For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double the risk of developing dementia during that time, according to a study ...

Researchers monitored 733 women aged 80 and above over five years, finding that those who developed increased daytime ...

Elderly women who feel sleepy during the day are at double the risk of dementia, a new study warns. Women in their 80s who ...

Women aged 80 and older who experience increased sleepiness are twice as likely to develop dementia as those with stable ...

The most prevalent daytime symptoms seen in adults with sleep-disordered breathing are summarized in Table 1. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a frequent and major symptom in patients with sleep ...

Napping during the day could be an early symptom of dementia in elderly women ... published in the journal Neurology, revealed sleep problems could also be an early marker of the disease.

Some who don't get a full night's rest might supplement with daytime sleep, which is something a lot of older adults do as their days become less structured, she said. In addition to the standard ...

What senior citizen doesn’t enjoy an occasional afternoon nap? But a new study published in the medical journal Neurology ...

Researchers looked at the changes in night-time sleep duration and quality, daytime napping and circadian rhythm patterns. After five years, researchers observed large changes in sleep patterns in ...

UC San Francisco study finds women over 80 who experience increased daytime sleepiness face twice the risk of developing ...