{"id":61411,"date":"2015-07-27T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=61411"},"modified":"2015-07-24T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T14:50:29","slug":"better-sleep-may-be-incredibly-important-to-alzheimers-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/better-sleep-may-be-incredibly-important-to-alzheimers-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Sleep May Be Incredibly Important to Alzheimer\u2019s Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Disrupted sleep may be one of the missing pieces in explaining how Alzheimer\u2019s starts its damage long before people have trouble with memory.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>21 Jul 2015 &#8211; <\/em>To sleep, perchance to\u2026 ward off Alzheimer\u2019s? New research suggests poor sleep may increase people\u2019s risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, by spurring a brain-clogging gunk that in turn further interrupts shut-eye.<\/p>\n<p>Disrupted sleep may be one of the missing pieces in explaining how a hallmark of Alzheimer\u2019s, a sticky protein called beta-amyloid, starts its damage long before people have trouble with memory, researchers reported Monday [20 Jul] at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very clear that sleep disruption is an underappreciated factor,\u201d said Dr. Matthew Walker of the University of California, Berkeley, who presented data linking amyloid levels with people\u2019s sleep and memory performance. \u201cIt\u2019s a new player on the scene that increases risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sleep problems are treatable &#8211; and a key next question is whether improving sleep can make a difference in protecting seniors\u2019 brains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSleep is a modifiable factor. It\u2019s a new treatment target,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>Enough sleep is important for good health generally &#8211; seven to eight hours a night are recommended for adults. When it comes to the brain, scientists have long known that people who don\u2019t get enough have trouble learning and focusing. And anyone who\u2019s cared for someone with dementia knows the nightly wandering and other sleep disturbances that patients often suffer, long thought to be a consequence of the dying brain cells.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:<\/em> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/health\/the-breathing-trick-that-puts-you-to-sleep-in-119046906018.html\" >The Breathing Trick That Puts You to Sleep in Seconds<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/health\/better-sleep-may-be-incrediably-important-for-124660349937.html?soc_src=mail&amp;soc_trk=ma\" >Go to Original \u2013 yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disrupted sleep may be one of the missing pieces in explaining how a hallmark of Alzheimer\u2019s, a sticky protein called beta-amyloid, starts its damage long before people have trouble with memory, researchers reported Monday [20 Jul] at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}