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Lack of Sleep Leads to Increased Diabetes Risk

September 16, 2020

Maintaining a consistent pattern of seven to eight hours of sleep during early to middle adulthood may lessen the risk for diabetes in women, according to a study published in Diabetes Care. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston identified sleep duration trajectories based on data from 60,068 women in the Nurses’ Health…

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Shift Workers More Likely to Develop Type 2 Diabetes

February 27, 2019

Shift workers are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, regardless of their genetic risk, according to new research. Shift work has long been linked to weight gain and poor sleep quality which can encourage unhealthy habits such as eating at irregular hours and getting less exercise. In this new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, reviewed…

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