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March 2, 2007

Sleep on it

We watched the literature for some time on the importance of sleep for good health. Sleep apnea increases the risk of develolping diabetes as does poor sleep patters. In addition, too little or too much sleep can lead to an increased risk of developeding diabes and impaired blood glucose.

Now, researchers report, on top of the health risks too little sleep impairs one's ability to make moral decisions. In fact, continuous wakefulness has a particularly debilitating effect on judgment and decision making processes that depend heavily upon the integration of emotion with cognition

Update: Although not exactly related, recent news confirms our fears that individuals with Type 1 diabetes often sleep through overnight episodes of hypoglycemia.

Posted by Diabetologica at March 2, 2007 11:43 PM