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More than half of women aged 50–80 reported sleep problems in a cross-sectional survey analysis, with symptomatic menopausal women significantly more likely to be affected than those without menopausal symptoms.

Accelerometer-derived sleep-wake cycle metrics independently predicted incident dementia in 53,448 UK Biobank participants, with predictive improvement comparable to APOE genotype contribution when added to age-only models.

Survey responses from 5,797 Fox Insight participants suggest sleep disturbances, autonomic dysfunction, and emotional changes preceded Parkinson’s disease diagnosis by more than a decade in a substantial proportion of respondents.

County-level analysis of nearly 5 million Medicare beneficiaries identified more than 10-fold geographic variation in late-onset epilepsy incidence, with insufficient sleep, heat index, and lack of vehicle access among the strongest area-level predictors.

A machine learning sleep EEG score measured in midlife was associated with neuropsychological performance over a decade later in a Framingham cohort.

A systematic review of 27 studies found behavioral sleep interventions — particularly CBT-I and sleep hygiene — reduced BMI and body weight in adults with poor sleep health, with the largest effects among patients with obesity.