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   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 3/17/2022 13:03, JAB wrote:   
   > "Vicious Cycle" Discovered Between Excessive Daytime Napping and   
   > Alzheimer's Dementia   
   >   
   > Daytime napping is common among older adults. The longitudinal   
   > relationship between daytime napping and cognitive aging, however, is   
   > unknown. A new cohort study by investigators from Brigham and Women's   
   > Hospital found a bidirectional link between the two: excessive daytime   
   > napping predicted an increased future risk of Alzheimer's dementia,   
   > and a diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia sped up the increase in   
   > daytime napping during aging.   
      
   I don't think it's as much as napping is harmful, as it is that napping   
   might be more common with people who's health is failing.  My   
   grandfather always got up early in the morning, but months before he got   
   very sick, he would sometimes sleep until noon or later.  He would get   
   upset if it was woken up, and started randomly falling asleep on the   
   couch.  Accompanied by not wanting to eat, etc.  It happened quickly.  4   
   months later, he basically didn't know who he was, and just rambled; he   
   passed within a month of that.   
      
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