Based on the NIH health information topics you requested to receive information about, we thought you'd be interested in this story from the NIH Director's Blog. Sleep Loss Encourages Spread of Toxic Alzheimer's Protein Posted on February 5th, 2019 by Dr. Francis Collins In addition to memory loss and confusion, many people with Alzheimer's disease have trouble sleeping. Now an NIH-funded team of researchers has evidence that the reverse is also true: a chronic lack of sleep may worsen the disease and its associated memory loss. Read More ... Follow Dr. Collins on Twitter Get posts via RSS Feed Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact Ask NIH. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our Health Information page, or Search our website. This service is provided to you by the National Institutes of Health. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®      This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612