Disturbed sleep patterns do not cause Alzheimer’s disease but people who are at high genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease may be more likely to be a “morning person,” have shorter sleep duration and other measures of sleep disturbance and are less likely to have insomnia, according to a study published in the August 19, 2020, online issue of Neurology.
“We know that people with Alzheimer’s disease often report depression and various sleep problems, like insomnia,” said study author Abbas Dehghan, Ph.D., of Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. “We wanted to find out if…
