Researchers in Sweden have discovered that missing a single night of sleep can alter the genes that control our body's cellular biological clocks. Disrupted biological clocks can affect everything from changes in our body temperature, appetite and even brain activity.
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Researchers warn that though further testing on humans is needed, women with a family history of breast cancer should avoid working shifts that contribute to poor sleep patterns. The study also found that the mice with poor sleeping patterns were 20 percent heavier, despite consuming the same diet as the other mice.
Previous studies in people have indicated that shift workers and flight attendants have a higher risk of diseases like breast cancer.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that insufficient sleep and sleep disruption is considered a public health epidemic. CDC recommends people go to bed around the same time each night and rise at the same time in the morning to help build healthy sleep hygiene.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/study-irregular-sleeping-patterns-linked-to-cancer/
Study: Irregular Sleeping Patterns Linked To Cancer
July 21, 2015 12:13 PM
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You might think losing the odd night's sleep is harmless. Most of us simply up our caffeine intake and power through the next day.
But a new study has found that pulling an all-nighter may have more serious implications for our bodies that previously thought.
Researchers in Sweden have discovered that missing a single night of sleep can alter the genes that control our body's cellular biological clocks.
Disrupted biological clocks can affect everything from changes in our body temperature, appetite and even brain activity.
'Previous research has shown that our metabolism is negatively affected by sleep loss,' said Jonathan Cedernaes, lead author and a researcher at Uppsala University.
Sleep loss has also been linked to an increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3169794/Just-ONE-night-bad-sleep-alter-genes-Pulling-nighter-damages-DNA-biological-clocks-claims-study.html
Just ONE night of bad sleep can alter your genes: Pulling an all-nighter damages the DNA in our biological clocks, claims study
Disruption to biological clock genes can increase risk of disease
It can also impact our body temperature, appetite and brain activity
But researchers are unsure if the disruption to genes is permanent
By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:25 EST, 21 July 2015 | UPDATED: 19:16 EST, 21 July 2015
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