Excessive Napping Equals Dementia
A new study found that frequent napping or napping for extended periods of time during the day may be a sign of early dementia in older adults. According to a study published Thursday in Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, elderly adults who napped at least once a day or for more than an hour a day were 40% more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who did not nap daily or napped for less than an hour a day. "We discovered that the association between excessive daytime napping and dementia persisted even after we adjusted for nighttime quantity and quality of sleep," said co-senior author Dr. Yue Leng, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, in a statement. The findings echo those of a previous study by Leng, which found that napping two hours per day increased the risk of cognitive impairment compared to napping less than 30 minutes per day. The Rush Memory and Aging Project, whi...
