📋 5 Medical Conditions Linked to Sleeplessness (AARP Article)

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5 Health Conditions Linked to Poor Sleep.

Struggling to slumber could be a sign of conditions like congestive heart failure or dementia.

By Anna Medaris, AARP. Published August 01, 2024.

If you feel like your sleep isn’t what it used to be, you’re probably right. Even healthy aging is associated with changes in sleep patterns like shorter sleep duration, less deep sleep and more frequent awakenings throughout the night.

But it’s not all bad. In fact, despite these typical shifts, healthy older adults tend to report fewer sleep problems than younger generations. Put another way, the older you are, the less likely you are to be bothered by an imperfect night’s sleep, says Michael Grandner, a clinical psychologist and director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the University of Arizona.

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2024/causes-of-sleeplessness.html