People who experienced frequent nightmares in childhood are more likely to develop dementia and Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to a new study.
Researchers collected data from nearly 7,000 British residents over 50 years and learned that participants who had persistent bad dreams had an 85% increased risk of developing a cognitive impairment like dementia and Alzheimer’s, or Parkinson’s by age 50.
The study, published Sunday in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal, analyzed data from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study — which collected info on all people born in Britain during a single week in March 1958 — including whether they had nightmares at ages 7 and 11.
Read more at: https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/childhood-nightmares-could-be-predictor-of-parkinsons-dementia-study/
