Poor sleep not just symptom, but potential sign of Alzheimer’s disease

Sleep loss is often one of the most challenging symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer’s, affecting patients long before memory loss and a formal diagnosis is made. New research from the University of Kentucky has likened poor sleep to a canary in a coal mine, an early symptom of neurodegeneration that could serve as a potential new biomarker to identify the disease.

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Category: Body and Mind

Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Brain, Dementia, Tau protein, University of Cambridge, University of Kentucky, Sleep, Sleeping, Insomnia