A study by the University of Birmingham, led by Abidemi Otaiku, a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology, indicates that disturbed sleep, specifically frequent nightmares that awaken you during the night, might be an early warning sign of dementia risk in middle-aged to older adults. The 2022 research highlights that people in mid-life experiencing weekly bad dreams could be four times more prone to cognitive decline over the next ten years. For older individuals, the regular occurrence of