People in their 30s and 40s who have disrupted sleep may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life, according to a new study.

The researchers found that repetitive short interruptions of sleep in midlife were linked to worse cognitive function 11 years later.

They found no association, however, between worse cognitive function and sleep duration or self-reported quality of sleep.

“Our findings suggest that the association between sleep quality and cognition may become prominent as early as in midlife,” the researchers wrote.

The study was published on Wednesday in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. It included more than 500 participants who were followed for more than a decade.

    • @eran_morad
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      99 months ago

      Yep. Same exact thought.

  • @SirSamuel
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    369 months ago

    So I ruined my future skin as a child and teen with sun exposure, my future lungs in my twenties with silica dust, my future liver in my thirties with bourbon, and my future brain in my forties with a bad sleep schedule. Got it.

    I know my greatest enemy, and it is me

    • Otter
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      99 months ago

      All of these things depend on length of exposure, and part of it is increased risk of issues rather than irreversible damage

      Still bad, but not the end of the world :)

    • Cosmic Cleric
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      69 months ago

      So I ruined my future skin as a child and teen with sun exposure, my future lungs in my twenties with silica dust, my future liver in my thirties with bourbon, and my future brain in my forties with a bad sleep schedule. Got it.

      We don’t get old. We break down.

  • Transporter Room 3
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    59 months ago

    I don’t think I’ll last long enough to reach “old age” but if I do, I’m fucked.

    I have insomnia