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Sleep Disorder Alzheimer’s Link?

September 27, 2009 by Jeff  
Filed under Health News, Mind & Body

According to various recent studies, sleep deprivation plays a role in the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the most common form of dementia.  The research centered around a protein named beta-amyloid, which is suspected to be a primary contributor to AD.  Researchers monitored the brains of sleep-deprived mice, and noticed that preventing the mice from [...]