{"id":1680104,"date":"2022-10-09T07:10:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T11:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1680104"},"modified":"2022-10-09T07:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T11:13:22","slug":"dementia-risk-spikes-from-this-nighttime-occurrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dementia-risk-spikes-from-this-nighttime-occurrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia Risk Spikes from This Nighttime Occurrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdementia-risk-spikes-from-this-nighttime-occurrence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1680104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Right now, 55 million individuals are <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/best-ways-slash-dementia-risk-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">living with dementia<\/a> worldwide, experts say\u2014and that number is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/dementia\" target=\"_blank\">expected to grow significantly<\/a> in the coming decades. Though there is no cure for dementia, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/alzheimer.ca\/en\/about-dementia\/do-i-have-dementia\/how-get-tested-dementia\/10-benefits-early-diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\">early diagnosis has many benefits<\/a>, including increased quality of life, more effective treatments and therapies, and the chance to make important decisions about your healthcare. That&#8217;s why it pays to know the signs that you may be at <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/blood-type-disease-risk-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">heightened risk for dementia<\/a>\u2014including one which may occur at night. Read on to learn which red flag could mean your dementia risk is up to five times higher, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THIS NEXT: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/sleep-hours-dementia-risk-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">If You Sleep This Way, Your Dementia Risk Soars, Study Warns<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"370031\" class=\"alignnone\"><noscript><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">FG Trade \/ iStock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Your sleep patterns may offer a window into your cognitive health and dementia risk, if you know what to look for. For instance, some studies have found that people who get <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/sleep-hours-dementia-risk-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">too little sleep<\/a>\u2014six hours or less\u2014are at increased risk of dementia. Other research has shown that too much sleep is also associated with higher dementia risk, though causality has not been established.<span aria-hidden=\"true\">ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other sleep characteristics, like what time you fall asleep and wake up, whether you suffer from sleep apnea, and total time you spend in bed, can also provide insight into your likelihood of developing dementia. Now, a new study is adding an additional sleep feature which may tip you off to your dementia risk level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THIS NEXT: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/afternoon-napping-brain-health-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Napping at This Time Boosts Your Brain Health, Study Says<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"300707\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-300707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news.jpg\" alt=\"Insomnia, sleep apnea or stress concept. Sleepless woman awake and covering face in the middle of the night. Lady can&#039;t sleep. Nightmares or depression. Suffering from headache or migraine.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news-1.jpg, 333&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news-2.jpg, 512&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news-3.jpg, 683&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 1024w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-300707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news.jpg\" alt=\"Insomnia, sleep apnea or stress concept. Sleepless woman awake and covering face in the middle of the night. Lady can&#039;t sleep. Nightmares or depression. Suffering from headache or migraine.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news-1.jpg, 333&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news-2.jpg, 512&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pain-night-kidneys-news-3.jpg, 683&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">iStock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frequent nightmares may be indicative of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/eclinm\/article\/PIIS2589-5370(22)00370-4\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">future cognitive decline<\/a>, a new study published in <em>The Lancet&#8217;s eClinicalMedicine Journal<\/em> suggests. Researchers looked at the association between self-reported nightmare frequency and the risk of dementia in middle-aged and senior adults, and found that both men and women who had weekly nightmares were at significantly heightened risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After adjustment for all covariates, a higher frequency of distressing dreams was linearly and statistically significantly associated with higher risk of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/read-fiction-cognitive-decline-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">cognitive decline<\/a> amongst middle-aged adults, and higher risk of incident all-cause dementia amongst older adults. Compared with middle-aged adults who reported having no distressing dreams at baseline, those who reported having weekly distressing dreams had a 4-fold risk of experiencing cognitive decline,&#8221; the study authors concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"203274\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-203274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff.jpg\" alt=\"depressed senior person sitting in bed cannot sleep from insomnia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff-1.jpg, 333&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff-2.jpg, 512&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff-3.jpg, 683&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 1024w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-203274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff.jpg\" alt=\"depressed senior person sitting in bed cannot sleep from insomnia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff-1.jpg, 333&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff-2.jpg, 512&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/older-man-upset-with-selff-3.jpg, 683&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">iStock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though both men and women with frequent nightmares had heightened dementia risk, they researchers found that the association was much stronger for men than for women. &#8220;Older men who had <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/nightmares-are-a-good-predictor-of-future-dementia-new-study-191016\" target=\"_blank\">nightmares every week<\/a> were five times more likely to develop dementia compared with older men reporting no bad dreams,&#8221; <strong>Abidemi Otaiku<\/strong>, study author and an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology at the University of Birmingham, told <em>The Conversation<\/em>. &#8220;In women, however, the increase in risk was only 41 percent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more health news sent directly to your inbox, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for our daily newsletter<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"18041\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-18041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains.jpg\" alt=\"curtains\" width=\"1019\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-1.jpg, 368&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-2.jpg, 565&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-3.jpg, 220&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-4.jpg, 122&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 167w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-18041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains.jpg\" alt=\"curtains\" width=\"1019\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-1.jpg, 368&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-2.jpg, 565&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-3.jpg, 220&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-waking-up-blackout-curtains-4.jpg, 122&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 167w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The study authors believe that tracking frequent nightmares could help lead to earlier diagnosis for dementia patients. &#8220;Overall, these results suggest frequent nightmares may be one of the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/poor-hygiene-dementia-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">earliest signs of dementia<\/a>, which can precede the development of memory and thinking problems by several years or even decades\u2014especially in men,&#8221; Otaiku says.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, nightmares are a <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/eating-before-bed-nightmares-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">relatively common phenomenon<\/a> and do not necessarily mean you&#8217;ll develop dementia. In many people, distressing dreams are caused by stress, medication side effects, and other factors, and do not reflect cognitive decline. However, if you <em>do<\/em> notice frequently having distressing dreams, it&#8217;s important to discuss them with your doctor\u2014especially if other signs of dementia are present. &#8220;These findings may help to identify individuals at risk of dementia and could facilitate early prevention strategies,&#8221; the researchers note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, 55 million individuals are living with dementia worldwide, experts say\u2014and that number is expected to grow significantly in the coming decades. 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