“This is important because there are very few risk indicators for dementia that can be identified as early as middle age,' researchers said.
Most adults need 7 or more hours of quality sleep each night, according to the National Institutes of Health. Kids and teens need even more.— even when they’re occurring decades before the disease sets in.by researchers at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, looked at data from more than 600 adults in thebetween 35 and 64 years old and 2,600 adults aged 79 and older. The study collected data between 2002 and 2012.
"Interestingly, the study found that the associations were much stronger for men than for women," researchers said.
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