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Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia. Research on how napping affects cognition in adults has had&...

DOCTORS often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia. Research on how napping affects cognition in adults has had mixed results. Some studies on…

Excessive napping can foreshadow cognitive decline in older adults and could lead to dementia, a recent study found.

Excessive daytime napping predicts an increased future risk of Alzheimer dementia, and a diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia increases daytime napping during aging.

A bidirectional relationship between the length and frequency of daytime napping and Alzheimers may predict both the onset and worsening of the disease in older individuals.

Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia.

Doctors often recommend "power naps" as a way to compensate for a poor nights sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older adults, extensive power naps could be an early sign of dementia.

While longer naps are a normal part of aging, excessively long dozes could be a warning signal for cognitive decline.

Older adults who nap for more than an hour a day had a 40% higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease compared with those who napped less than an hour a day, researchers reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. In addition, those who napped at least once a day had a 40% higher risk for developing AD compared with those who did not nap once a day, Yue Leng, PhD, assistant professor

A new study found that napping for just one hour a day raised the risk of cognitive impairment.