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Study identifies factors at midlife associated with decline in women’s health years later
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Study identifies factors at midlife associated with decline in women’s health years later

by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Imagine going to the doctor’s office at age 55 and, after measuring a set of health variables, the physician predicted your health trajectory for 10 years into the future. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital studied easily obtained variables among women at midlife, variables included health...

Short sleep durations in midlife linked to dementia later in life
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Short sleep durations in midlife linked to dementia later in life

By Rich Haridy A long-term study found persistent sleep durations of less than six hours in middle age were linked with a 30-percent increased risk of developing dementia later in life samwordley@gmail.com/Depositphotos A new long-term observational study is reporting a link between short sleep durations of under six hours in midlife and an increased risk...