There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto.
Though only short and involving a small group of healthy adults, the study is an interesting demonstration of the link between sleep and the molecular markers of Alzheimer's disease.
While sleeping pills may help in that regard,"it would be premature for people who are worried about developing Alzheimer's to interpret it as a reason to start taking suvorexant every night,"neurologist Brendan Lucey, of Washington University's Sleep Medicine Center, who led the research. In their latest study, Lucey and colleagues wanted to see if improving sleep with the aid of sleeping pills could lower levels of tau and amyloid-beta in the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord.
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