Sat, 3 November 2007 Poor Sleep and Inflammation This week on Fitness Rocks we talk to medical researcher Michael Irwin, M.D. of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA. Dr. Irwin and his colleagues published a paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine describing their study into the effects of sleep deprivation on measured markers of inflammation. It seems very likely that prolonged sleep loss could lead to chronic inflammation and hence chronic diseases. |
