Summary

Older adults who fall into unintended naps, nap frequently or take shorter naps may have a higher risk of developing dementia, researchers reported recently in the Journals of Gerontology . "Monitoring napping behaviors could serve as an early and accessible marker to help identify older adults at higher risk for dementia and guide targeted interventions for dementia prevention," lead researcher Kening Jiang said in a news release. She is a postdoctoral fellow in mental health research with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

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