Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older women with increasing daytime sleepiness had roughly double the risk for dementia vs. those with stable ...

Increasing sleepiness over 5 years doubled dementia risk among cognitively unimpaired women in their 80s. Sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, and nap duration and frequency were individually ...

Older women experiencing increased daytime sleepiness may need to pay attention to more than just feeling tired. Revolutionary research from the University of California, San Francisco has uncovered a ...

A new study finds that sleep timing is linked to dementia risk, as people with weak circadian rhythms face a 2.5 times higher ...

The general advice for 20- and 30-somethings remains the same: consistent sleep-wake schedules, limiting caffeine, getting ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A good night's rest is vital to our overall well-being because it helps us function in our day-to-day lives. However, researchers say the older we get, our quality of sleep ...

For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double the risk of developing dementia during that time, according to a study ...

Credit: Getty Images Differences in sleep quality between men and women start at puberty and continue to shift throughout pregnancy, menopause, and aging, affecting overall health across the lifespan.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. While women are said to sleep a bit longer than men, their sleep ...