Disturbed sleep link to diabetes (BBC)

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A disturbed night's sleep may increase the risk of developing diabetes, US research has suggested.

The US team discovered that volunteers who were roused whenever they were about to fall into the deepest sleep developed insulin resistance.

This inability of the body to recognise normal insulin signals leads to high blood sugar levels, weight gain and, eventually, even type 2 diabetes.

The study appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Lead researcher Dr Ersa Tasali, of the University of Chicago, said there was an alarming rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes associated with an ageing population and increased obesity and it was important to understand the factors that promote its development.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7163217.stm

[Skittles]

1. I sleep during the day time

asshole day people wake me up all the time - I go to work on two or three hours sleep at least once a week

[caligirl]

2. As the mom to a type 1 diabetic i say they have the cart before the horse here. Having Type 1

has definitely kept our kid from sleeping on many nights, us too. Every time he is too low or too high to go to sleep, every time he drops while sleeping and it wakes him up, and he has to stay up until its back up. I'll never forget the school pupil services director asking in surprise, Oh you have to check his blood sugar at night too?..???duh!!!