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Re:Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds by kzz102 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:16AM (#38098479)
The study does not prove causality: it is right in the title of the paper: Association Between Slow-Wave Sleep Loss and Incident Dementia.

Sorry for the rant: we should not share university press release articles, they are always clickbait. Just share the research directly.

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Re:Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds by bookofjoe on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:30AM (#38098663)
dang I smiled when I read this comment
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Re:Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds by bradley13 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:58AM (#38100105)
You're right about the journal paper, but the pop-sci title implies causation. So, for those who didn't click all the way through: There is zero proof of causation. It may well be that people getting dementia have increased problems sleeping. Or both may be caused by some third factor.
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