Sleep Smarter: Optimal Sleep May Preserve Cognition and Reduce Dementia Risk in Focal Epilepsy
Anteneh M. Feyissa · 2026
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Anteneh M. Feyissa writes a 2026 commentary on sleep, thinking, and dementia risk in focal epilepsy. He discusses a Neurology study by Tai and co-workers using the UK Biobank cohort. Sleep disruption and cognitive problems are common partners of this epilepsy type. Whether sleep changes long-term dementia risk was unclear.
The discussed study followed 482,207 participants without dementia at baseline. Sleep of six to eight hours counted as optimal. That pattern linked to better executive function in epilepsy, stroke, and control groups alike. The benefit was significantly stronger in focal epilepsy than in controls. People with epilepsy and poor sleep faced a fivefold dementia risk against well-sleeping controls. Their hazard ratio was 5.15 in the reported model. Feyissa presents better sleep as a promising protective target.
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| CREATOR | Anteneh M. Feyissa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11185 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |