Like all living beings, human physiological processes are influenced by circadian rhythms. The disruption of our internal clocks due to increasingly unbalanced lifestyles is directly linked to the explosive increase in type 2 diabetes cases. By what mechanism? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) in Switzerland has lifted […]
Good Sleep Stimulates the Immune System
Sleep is healthy – this general finding is supported by science. Previous studies had already shown that people who slept after vaccination had an immune response that was on average twice as strong as people who did not sleep the night after vaccination. However, the cell biological reasons for this had hardly been investigated until […]
The Potential Role of Autophagy Disorders in the Development of Pancreatic Cancer
Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have discovered dementia-like behavior in pancreatic cells that are at risk of becoming cancerous. The findings provide clues that could help in the treatment and prevention of pancreatic cancer, a difficult-to-treat disease that is responsible for 6,900 deaths in the UK each year. Approximately 495,000 new cases are diagnosed […]
How Jobs That Primarily Involve Sedentary Activities Affect Sleep and Health
A new study examined data from more than 1,000 workers over a 10-year period. Sedentary workers show a 37% increase in insomnia-like symptoms. Employees who do not work traditional schedules are 66% more likely to have to “catch up on sleep”. People who sit a lot as part of their jobs – an estimated 80% […]
Brain Tumors Use the Circadian Clock to Grow
Virtually every cell in the human body has an internal clock. These clocks are controlled by a central clock in the brain. In a normal, biological process called synchrony, the central clock coordinates the daily rhythms in the body so that each cell and tissue recognizes the same external time of day. Knowing the local […]
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