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By Lauran Neergaard -  4/17/2012 04:10
Associated Press

WASHINGTON  - Increased numbers of workers pull the night shift. Teenagers text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack cheaper overnight flights.

Nodding off behind the wheel is not the only threat from a lack of sleep. Evidence is growing that people who regularly sleep too little and at the wrong time suffer long-lasting consequences that a nap will not cure: increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and other health problems.

“We have ...

By Matt Sedensky - 3/25/2012 04:20 AM
Associated Press

The aging of the massive post-World War II Baby Boom generation in the U.S. is casting light on early-onset dementia, a sorrowful subset of younger people experiencing a slow, cruel overtaking of their minds.

About 200,000 people under 65 are among the 5.4million Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Association says. Experts’ estimates suggest there’s a similar number of younger people with other types of dementia, meaning about a half-million Americans, some as young as their 30s, ...