Not Just a Bad Dream: Nightmares May Predict Dementia
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Nightmares in healthy middle-aged and older adults may be an independent risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia, particularly in men, new research suggests. Results from a large cohort study showed that healthy middle-aged adults who had bad dreams at least once a week were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline over the following decade, and older adults were twice as likely to be diagnosed with dementia, compared with peers who never had bad dreams.
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@sandy Distressing dreams have been previously associated with faster cognitive decline and increased dementia risk in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but whether the same holds for individuals from the general population without PD is unknown.