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An inadequate amount of sleep has been associated with higher risks of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and death. Now colon cancer can be added to the list. In a ground-breaking new study published in the Feb. 15, 2011 issue of the journal Cancer, researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Weste… |
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While regulations have been put in place to restrict the work hours of doctors in training, no such regulations exist for fully trained physicians. A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine argues that sleep deprived physicians should not be permitted to proceed with an elective surgery without a patient’… |
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LOS ANGELES (June 23, 2010) – Reporting at the American Headache Society’s 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week, new research shows that sleep deprivation leads to changes in the levels of key proteins that facilitate events involved in the underlying pathology of migraine. Paul L. Dunham, Ph.D. and… |
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Chevy Chase, MD— According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), just one night of short sleep duration can induce insulin resistance, a component of type 2 diabetes. “Sleep duration has shortened considerably in western soc… |
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More than 1 behavior can spread simultaneously across a social network Recent studies have shown that behaviors such as happiness, obesity, smoking and altruism are “contagious” within adult social networks. In other words, your behavior not only influences your friends, but also their friends and so on. Researche… |
