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Sleep quality
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Nine measures of sleep, none predicted dementia
Researchers writing in Neurology boiled 44 sleep measurements down to nine composites across five US cohorts, then tested them against 1,134 dementia cases. Two tracked with better thinking scores. None tracked with dementia.
Aug 3, 2026
Broken sleep in perimenopause tracked worse thinking decades on
A study of 2,097 postmenopausal women in Menopause found the worst perimenopausal sleep went with lower cognitive scores years later, but only in women woken by symptoms.
Jul 31, 2026
A menopause sleep drug worked at week 4, then didn't
A SLEEP trial gave 110 postmenopausal women elinzanetant or placebo and measured sleep in a lab. The 22-minute advantage at four weeks had vanished by twelve.
Jul 29, 2026
Online CBT for insomnia worked for autistic adults
A SLEEP randomized trial of 163 autistic adults found a 5-week internet CBT course cut insomnia severity substantially, with gains holding at six months.
Jul 27, 2026