Your Deep Sleep May Preserve Your Brain Function
Why screen and be screened for airway / sleep problems? The lack of deep slow wave sleep has been shown to increase the production of tau protein, which is found in larger amounts in Alzheimer's sufferers. "In patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau protein tangles accumulate in the brain long before the appearance of clinical symptoms. Early intervention is critical for slowing neurodegeneration and disease progression. Therefore, reliable mark