Alzheimer's risk could rise with specific sleep pattern, experts warn
Fox News, July 21, 2025
UTMB’s Dr. Giulio Taglialatela commented on a A new study has found a link between rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. "Our brains use sleep to clear out toxic proteins, like those associated with Alzheimer’s, and these results show that the cleaning mechanism is less effective when it takes someone longer to enter the REM cycle," Taglialatela tells Fox News.