Scot Bertram | Study Correlates Lack of Sleep to Increased Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — Polls will be open in Wisconsin and Florida today in what's being seen as a national political power struggle.  In Wisconsin there's a state supreme court election, and Florida voters will decide two pivotal vacant House seats that could shift the balance of power nationally.  Both sides see the  races as a referendum on the direction of the country since Donald Trump's election victory.

 

Two ---- The bodies of three of the four missing U.S. Army soldiers in Lithuania have been found.   The soldiers went missing during a training mission last week.  The M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle they were in was lifted out of a swamp earlier today. The search continues for the fourth soldier.

 

And number three —   A recent study finds that a lack of sleep can lead to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.  The lead author of the study from Yale School of Medicine says if the brain doesn't spend sufficient time in deep sleep it can lead to shrinkages in certain parts of the brain affecting specific functions over time.  Adults typically need up to eight hours of sleep a night.