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Room light before bedtime may impact sleep quality, blood pressure and diabetes risk

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Chevy Chase, MD — According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), exposure to electrical light between dusk and bedtime strongly suppresses melatonin levels and …

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Fat sand rats are SAD like us

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Saying goodbye to summer can be difficult for everybody. In some people the onset of winter triggers Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, a mood disorder in which sufferers experience symptoms of depression. Happily, a special kind of gerbil e…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

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