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Alzheimers and Sleep: Why Do People With Alzheimer's Tend to Sleep a Lot?

The disease causes changes to our brain's circuitry that can make sleep difficult.

By Alex Orlando
Dec 7, 2019 6:00 PMAug 14, 2023 4:45 PM
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If you know someone with Alzheimer’s, you may notice that they often spend a lot of time sleeping, especially in the disease’s later stages.

But it isn’t the illness itself, which progressively destroys memory and thinking skills, that is making your loved ones sleepy.

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