On June 18, 2019, Alzheimer’s & Dementia journal published research co-authored by AFAR expert Kristine Yaffe, MD. The research explores the relationship between excessive napping in older men and cognitive impairment.
Dr. Yaffe is a 2001 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging Scholar recipient. She is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, Psychiatry, and the Roy and Marie Scola Endowed Chair Vice Chair of Research in Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco.
Read the study—“Objective napping, cognitive decline, and risk of cognitive impairment in older men””— here.
