19 Feb 2023

Dr Rosie Gibson: Sleeping Pills and Dementia

From Sunday Morning, 11:15 am on 19 February 2023

A new study by Alzheimer's researchers  has found sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in some people.

But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk.  

Massey University sleep researcher Dr Rosie Gibson talks to Jim about the study and whether the inability to sleep is a cause or a sign of the condition. 

Sleep disorder. Worried senior woman with insomnia. (Photo by MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LI / SMD / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LI