Poor Sleep In 40s May Add Years To Your Brain Age: Study Finds

Out of the six poor sleep characteristics studied, bad sleep quality, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep and early morning awakening were linked to greater brain age. (Credit: Image by Freepik)

Missing out on sleep not only makes you feel groggy the next day, but the effects can be long-lasting. Adding to the growing body of evidence, researchers have now found that poor sleep in the middle ages is linked to accelerated brain aging in the next ten years.

The latest study that evaluated participants' brain health using brain scans revealed that having poor sleep quality in the 40s might add more years to the brain age.