How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 08:50 in Biology & Nature

What would you do if you knew how long you had until Alzheimer’s disease set in? Don’t despair. New UC Berkeley research suggests one defense against this virulent form of dementia — for which no treatment currently exists — is deep, restorative sleep, and plenty of it. Neuroscientists Matthew Walker and Joseph Winer have found […]

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