Saturday, 6 July 2013

In Alcoholics, Disrupted Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Trigger Liver Disease

Why only a few severe alcoholics develop liver disease, scientists now have a possible explanation. In their new study, a research team from Northwestern University and Rush University Medical Center has shown that disrupted sleep and circadian rhythms can push those vulnerable over the edge to disease. The team studied mice that essentially were experiencing what shift workers or people with jet lag suffer: their internal clocks were out of sync with ...

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