The devastating effects of sleep deprivation
The devastating effects of sleep deprivation
The devastating effects of sleep deprivation
A new study has found that chronic sleep deprivation in a small group of healthy adults increased the production of immune cells linked to inflammation while altering the DNA of immune cells, CNN reported, citing Experimental Medicine.
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In detail, study co-author Cameron McAlpine, associate professor of cardiology and neuroscience at Icahn's Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, reported that the effect is not only increasing the number of immune cells, but it can also extend to their delivery and programming in a different way in the end. Six weeks of sleep restriction.
He explained that two main factors together create the possibility of developing cardiovascular disease.
It also revealed that sleep restriction can increase the risk of developing type XNUMX diabetes and high blood pressure.