According to recent studies, treating insomnia may help prevent future brain aging.
Twelve percent of Americans have been diagnosed with persistent insomnia, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, insomnia may be a disorder that you can manage, unlike genetic and other variables that affect cognitive function that are out of your control.
According to senior author Dr. Diego Carvalho, an assistant professor of neurology and sleep specialist at the Mayo Clinic Centre for Sleep Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, “the main takeaway from this study is that chronic insomnia may be a modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline.”
2,750 individuals had yearly neurological evaluations and imaging to look into the connection between sleeplessness and brain alterations.
