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Amino Acid Controlling Internal Body Clock Found

Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007

It’s long been speculated that humans and animals possess an intrinsic “circadian rhythm,” also known as an internal body clock. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have uncovered the specific chemical switch that accounts for this internal body clock mechanism, which could lead to revolutionary advances in medications.

Losing Sleep Triggers Abnormal Glucose Metabolism

Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007

According to a new study, Even a small amount of sleep loss can cause changes in hormonal glucose regulation, with a strong effect on pancreatic islet secretion, a decrease in glucagon levels and a slight reduction in C-peptide levels.

Over One-Third of Diabetics Have Sleep Apnea

Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Study finds that older males are at especially high risk for nighttime awakenings.

Sleep Apnea Associated with Gestational Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Study found that when the women's weight was taken into account, sleep apnea was associated with a doubling of the incidence of gestational diabetes and a fourfold increase in the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Type 1 Diabetics May Sleep Through Nocturnal Hypoglycemia

Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2007

Research shows that patients with type 1 diabetes often sleep through overnight episodes of hypoglycemia, increasing the risk that they will experience prolonged hypoglycemia.

Snoring Women Have an Increased Risk for Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 01, 2007

"People with type 2 diabetes should consider they may have, or be at risk of sleep apnea."

Obesity Linked to Lack of Childhood Sleep

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Dr Taheri does not claim that poor sleep is the only cause of obesity, but he says that its effects should be taken seriously, on the basis both of experiments and epidemiological evidence.

Insufficient Sleep Can Cause an Increase A1c by 1.9 Percentage-Points

Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006

Short or poor quality sleep is associated with reduced control of blood-sugar levels in African Americans with diabetes, report researchers.

Study: People Sleep Even Less Than They Think

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

A study of the sleep characteristics of 669 middle-aged adults found that people sleep much less than they should, and even less than they think. Published in the July issue in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study also found that blacks sleep less than whites, men sleep less than women, and the poor sleep less than the wealthy.

Large, Prospective Analysis Links Lack of Sleep to Weight Gain

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

Physicians should ask about their patients' sleep and help their patients improve their sleep habits.