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Common sleep medication may prevent brain from clearing ‘waste’

January 15, 2025

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How might sleeping aids affect brain health? A mouse study aims to shed some light on this matter. Image credit: robert reader/Getty Images.

As many as 70 million people have consistent sleeping issues.
Not getting enough sleep each night can raise a person’s risk for several health concerns, including cognitive decline and dementia.
For the first time a new study describes the synchronized oscillations during sleep that power the brain’s glymphatic system to help remove ‘waste’…

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